CDC Around the World: Today is World Water Day

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THE CONSEQUENCES OF CONTAMINATED WATER We all remember when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti in 2010, killing 230,000 people and displacing over a million. Fewer people remember that roughly nine months after the earthquake, the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) confirmed cases of cholera for the first time in Haiti. Since the emergence of cholera, Haiti has reported about 805,000 suspected cases and nearly 9,500 deaths. In 2016 alone, Haiti reported 41,421 suspected cholera cases and 447 cholera deaths.... Read blog

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CELEBRATE WATER Water doesn't just keep us alive, it gives us everything that makes life worth living. Take a moment to celebrate Water Day. Watch video

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DEFEATING DIARRHEA: CDC AND PARTNERS TACKLE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES IN KENYA AND BEYOND “What if we lost 50 city buses full of children today?” asks Michael Beach, the associate director for healthy water in CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. “That’s 2,195 children—the number who die daily of diarrhea around the world. That’s more than die from AIDS, malaria, and measles combined.” Diarrheal diseases account for 1 in 9 child deaths worldwide, making diarrhea the second leading cause of death among children under the age of 5.... Read story

CDC Zika Updates

Latest Outbreak Info

On January 22, 2016, CDC activated the Incident Management System and, working through the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), centralized the response to the outbreaks of Zika occurring in the Americas and increased reports of birth defects and Guillain-Barré syndrome in areas affected by Zika. On February 1, 2016, the World Health Organization declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) because of clusters of microcephaly and other neurological disorders in some areas affected by Zika. On February 8, 2016, CDC elevated response efforts to a Level 1 activation, the highest response level at the agency.

CDC is working with international public health partners and with state and local health departments to

• Alert healthcare providers and the public about Zika.
• Post travel notices and other travel-related guidance.
• Provide state health laboratories with diagnostic tests.
• Monitor and report cases of Zika, which will helps improve our understanding of how and where Zika is spreading.

In the News

50 years of keeping bugs at bay: inside the CDC’s quarantine program STATFebruary 28, 2017 New Africa disease agency aims to prevent fresh Ebola crisis ReutersFebruary 15, 2017 India Deaths Investigation (Part 3, 13:45 mins.) CBC RadioFebruary 8, 2017 Dangerous Fruit: Mystery of Deadly Outbreaks in India Is Solved The New York TimesJanuary 31, 2017 In South Africa, Deadly Tuberculosis Strain Is Spread Directly The New York TimesJanuary 30, 2017

On the Calendar

March 22: World Water Day  March 24: World TB Day  March 24: Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness April 2: World Autism Day  April 7: World Health Day April 11: World Parkinson's Day April 14: International Chagas Day April 17: World Hemophilia Day April 22: Earth Day