Scribd
Upload
14 views13 pages

Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) : Namra Ibrar Lecturer (Pharmaceutics) Rashid Latif College of Pharmacy

Uploaded by

Adnan Afridi
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
14 views13 pages

Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) : Namra Ibrar Lecturer (Pharmaceutics) Rashid Latif College of Pharmacy

Uploaded by

Adnan Afridi
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 13

Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention
(CDC)
NAMRA IBRAR
LECTURER (PHARMACEUTICS)
RASHID LATIF COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
Introduction

► CDC is the leading national public health institute of the United States.
► It is a federal agency under the Department of Health and Human
Services and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention

► The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a federal agency
that conducts and supports health promotion, prevention and
preparedness activities in the US with the goal of improving overall public
health.
► Established in 1946 and based in Atlanta, the CDC is managed by
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
► The CDC works with partners at the local, state and national level to:
► monitor and prevent disease outbreaks
► implement disease prevention strategies
► and maintain national health statistics.
Goals/aims.

► Its main goal is to protect public health and safety through the control and prevention of
disease, injury, and disability.
► It especially focuses on:
► infectious disease
► food borne pathogens
► environmental health
► occupational safety and health
► health promotion
► injury prevention
► educational activities to improve the health of citizens.
► In addition, the CDC researches and provides information on non-infectious diseases such
as obesity and diabetes
ORGANIZATION

► The CDC is organized into "Centers, Institutes, and Offices" (CIOs) which allow it to be responsive
and effective in public health concerns.
► Each organizational unit implements the agency's response in a particular area of expertise.
► Within "Offices" are Centers, Divisions, and Branches.
► Some examples of CIOs are
► CDC Washington Office
► Center for Global Health
► National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
► Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support
► Office of Equal Employment Opportunity
► Office of Infectious Diseases
Diseases with which CDC is involved

1. Influenza:
► The CDC has launched campaigns targeting the transmission of influenza,
including the H1N1 swine flu.
► The CDC has launched websites including [flu.gov] to educate people in
proper hygiene.
► 2. Other infectious diseases:
► The CDC's website has information on other infectious diseases,
including smallpox, measles, and others. The CDC runs a program that
protects the public from rare and dangerous substances such
as anthrax and the Ebola virus.
► The program, called the Select Agents Program, calls for inspections of
labs in the U.S. that work with dangerous pathogens.
3.Non-infectious diseases

► The CDC also works on non-infectious diseases, including chronic diseases


caused by obesity, physical inactivity and tobacco-use

► 4.Antibiotic resistance
► The CDC implemented their National Action Plan for Combating
Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria as a measure against the spread of antibiotic
resistance in the United States.
GLOBAL HEALTH

► The CDC partners with many international organizations such as the World
Health Organization (WHO) and global divisions include: Division of Global
HIV & TB (DGHT), Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (DPDM), Division
of Global Health Protection (DGHP), and Global Immunization Division
(GID).

► The CDC is integral in working with WHO in establishing the International


Health Regulations (IHR), that is binding on 194 member countries, through
the Global Disease Detection Program (GDD) and the WHO and CDC
Global Surveillance Systems.
CDC in Pakistan

► CDC works with several key public health institutions in Pakistan to


strengthen capacity and infrastructure for key public health issues,
including:
► workforce development
► hepatitis surveillance
► polio eradication.
► CDC also has strong partnerships with Aga Khan University to do research
in the areas of vaccinations and neonatal infections.
► CDC enhances Pakistan’s capacity to design, implement, and evaluate
comprehensive tobacco control policy interventions through the Global
Tobacco Surveillance System (GTSS).
► GTSS supports 3 surveys in Pakistan:
one for youth,
one for health professionals,
and one for school personnel.
► Survey data is used for tobacco control policies, which ultimately can
impact other health outcomes.
► CDC has several projects related to bacterial diseases in Pakistan:
► Demonstrating the impact of Hib vaccine in preventing meningitis and
pneumonia among young children in selected districts of Pakistan.
► Determining the bacterial and viral causes of neonatal infections.
► Supporting surveillance for the detection and characterization of agents of
invasive bacterial vaccine-preventable diseases to provide data, enabling
Government of Pakistan to make informed decisions regarding vaccination
Thank you!!

You might also like