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

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    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading national public health agency in the United States. It is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and works to control and prevent disease, injury, and disability. The CDC's goals are to monitor diseases, implement prevention strategies, and collect national health statistics. It focuses on issues like infectious diseases, food safety, and health promotion. The CDC is organized into centers that focus on specific health areas and conducts research on diseases while also educating the public.

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    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading national public health agency in the United States. It is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and works to control and prevent disease, injury, and disability. The CDC's goals are to monitor diseases, implement prevention strategies, and collect national health statistics. It focuses on issues like infectious diseases, food safety, and health promotion. The CDC is organized into centers that focus on specific health areas and conducts research on diseases while also educating the public.

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    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading national public health agency in the United States. It is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and works to control and prevent disease, injury, and disability. The CDC's goals are to monitor diseases, implement prevention strategies, and collect national health statistics. It focuses on issues like infectious diseases, food safety, and health promotion. The CDC is organized into centers that focus on specific health areas and conducts research on diseases while also educating the public.

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    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!!

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