The CDC Foundation’s Impact on Global Health
Click on a country to read more about CDC Foundation programs in that area. Programs listed are active programs or programs that were completed between 2000 and 2007.
Afghanistan |
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Clinic-based Distribution and Mobilization of Safe Water
To produce and provide hypoclorite solution, plastic bottles and safe water storage containers for local families that come into various hospitals in Afghanistan. To provide education on the use of the treatment solution and storage vessels to raise awareness of the importance of the safe water system.
- Funding Partners: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Program Partners: Afghanistan Ministry of Health, Population Services International, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne and Enteric Diseases, CDC
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Improving Health Care for Women and Children in Afghanistan
To support maternal and child health care surveillance training in Kabul and in four district-level programs in Afghanistan.
- Funding Partners: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Program Partners: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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Protecting Health Care Workers in Afghanistan
To vaccinate health care workers of Rabia Balkhi hospital in Afghanistan against infectious disease.
- Funding Partners: Chiron Foundation; The Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta, Inc.
- Program Partners: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC
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Endowment for Global Health Priorities
Beginning with funding for the Stop Polio effort, provides flexible funding targeted to a certain disease eradication or elimination program outside the United States.
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Angola |
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Mobilizing CDC's Global Health Force
A CDC Foundation partnership is helping CDC acquire vehicles for transporting critical supplies, personnel and equipment to regions where they are needed most.
- Funding Partners: GM
- Program Partners: Coordinating Office for Global Health, CDC
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Argentina |
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Emerging Infectious Diseases International Laboratory Fellowships
To prepare a cadre of trained laboratory leaders in infectious disease prevention and control throughout the world by providing year-long laboratory fellowships for international participants.
- Funding Partners: Chiron Foundation, Eli Lilly and Company
- Program Partners: Association of Public Health Laboratories, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
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Bangladesh |
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Safe Water System - Bangladesh
To implement a community-based program to promote the use of the Safe Water System (hypochlorite solution and effective storage containers) in a local area of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Funding Partners: Arch Chemicals, Inc.; Gangarosa International Health Foundation; Research Foundation for Health and Environmental Effects
- Program Partners: Dushtha Shashthya Kendra (DSK); National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne and Enteric Diseases, CDC
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Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use
To design a standard survey protocol to collect data on tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries with the highest smoking rates and to track countries' progress in implementing tobacco-free programs.
- Funding Partners: Michael Bloomberg
- Program Partners: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; the World Lung Foundation; the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; World Health Organization; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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Bolivia |
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International Flour Fortification
To promote the use of flour fortified with iron and folic acid around the world by encouraging the production and marketing of fortified flour.
- Funding Partners: Cargill, Incorporated
- Program Partners: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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Brazil |
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Field Epidemiology Training Program in Brazil
To provide technical assistance to the Brazil Ministry of Health for the development of a Field Epidemiology Training Program and a Data for Decision-Making Program to train physicians and nurses to conduct surveillance and investigate disease outbreaks.
- Funding Partners: Brazil Ministry of Health, The World Bank
- Program Partners: Coordinating Office for Global Health, CDC
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Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use
To design a standard survey protocol to collect data on tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries with the highest smoking rates and to track countries' progress in implementing tobacco-free programs.
- Funding Partners: Michael Bloomberg
- Program Partners: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; the World Lung Foundation; the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; World Health Organization; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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Emerging Infectious Diseases International Laboratory Fellowships
To prepare a cadre of trained laboratory leaders in infectious disease prevention and control throughout the world by providing year-long laboratory fellowships for international participants.
- Funding Partners: Chiron Foundation, Eli Lilly and Company
- Program Partners: Association of Public Health Laboratories, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
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Cambodia
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Mobilizing CDC's Global Health Force
A CDC Foundation partnership is helping CDC acquire vehicles for transporting critical supplies, personnel and equipment to regions where they are needed most.
- Funding Partners: GM
- Program Partners: Coordinating Office for Global Health, CDC
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Chad |
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Endowment for Global Health Priorities
Beginning with funding for the Stop Polio effort, provides flexible funding targeted to a certain disease eradication or elimination program outside the United States.
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China |
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Emerging Infectious Diseases International Laboratory Fellowships
To prepare a cadre of trained laboratory leaders in infectious disease prevention and control throughout the world by providing year-long laboratory fellowships for international participants.
- Funding Partners: Chiron Foundation, Eli Lilly and Company
- Program Partners: Association of Public Health Laboratories, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
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International Flour Fortification
To promote the use of flour fortified with iron and folic acid around the world by encouraging the production and marketing of fortified flour.
- Funding Partners: Cargill, Incorporated
- Program Partners: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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Knight Public Health Journalism Program at CDC
To continue the Knight Journalism Fellowship Program at CDC for working journalists from print, radio, television or Internet who cover science, medicine, health or health policy and are committed to journalistic excellence in covering these fields.
- Funding Partners: The California Wellness Foundation, Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Kansas Health Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Open Society Institute
- Program Partners: Office of Workforce and Career Development, CDC
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Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use
To design a standard survey protocol to collect data on tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries with the highest smoking rates and to track countries' progress in implementing tobacco-free programs.
- Funding Partners: Michael Bloomberg
- Program Partners: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; the World Lung Foundation; the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; World Health Organization; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Endowment for Global Health Priorities
Beginning with funding for the Stop Polio effort, provides flexible funding targeted to a certain disease eradication or elimination program outside the United States.
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Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) |
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International Flour Fortification
To promote the use of flour fortified with iron and folic acid around the world by encouraging the production and marketing of fortified flour.
- Funding Partners: Cargill, Incorporated
- Program Partners: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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Egypt |
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Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use
To design a standard survey protocol to collect data on tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries with the highest smoking rates and to track countries' progress in implementing tobacco-free programs.
- Funding Partners: Michael Bloomberg
- Program Partners: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; the World Lung Foundation; the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; World Health Organization; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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Eritrea |
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International Flour Fortification
To promote the use of flour fortified with iron and folic acid around the world by encouraging the production and marketing of fortified flour.
- Funding Partners: Cargill, Incorporated
- Program Partners: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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Estonia |
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Emerging Infectious Diseases International Laboratory Fellowships
To prepare a cadre of trained laboratory leaders in infectious disease prevention and control throughout the world by providing year-long laboratory fellowships for international participants.
- Funding Partners: Chiron Foundation, Eli Lilly and Company
- Program Partners: Association of Public Health Laboratories, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
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Guatemala |
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Chagas Laboratory Research Program
To fund a laboratory research assistant in CDC’s Guatemala program (MERTU).
- Funding Partners: Dr. Zell Kravinshky and Dr. Emily Kravinsky
- Program Partners: National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne and Enteric Diseases, CDC
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India |
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Endowment for Global Health Priorities
Beginning with funding for the Stop Polio effort, provides flexible funding targeted to a certain disease eradication or elimination program outside the United States.
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Rotavirus Vaccine Development in India
To develop a partnership with a local manufacturer to produce and test an oral rotavirus vaccine in India. To assess the burden and epidemiology of rotavirus and prepare methods to monitor the impact of a vaccination program.
- Funding Partners: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
- Program Partners: Christian Medical College; India Institute of Science; Indian Council for Medical Research; National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
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Accelerated Development & Introduction Program (ADIP) for Rotavirus Vaccine
To conduct surveillance of rotavirus in Asia. To assess the burden of diease, identify peculiarities in its epidemiology, create an awareness of the local importance of the disease, characterize a sample of strains in circulation, and prepare methods to monitor the impact of a vaccination program.
- Funding Partners: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
- Program Partners: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
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Tobacco Survey - Indian Dental Students
To conduct a survey of third-year dental students to assess tobacco use and knowledge.
- Funding Partners: American Cancer Society (Washington DC Division)
- Program Partners: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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Field Epidemiology Training Program in India
To develop a cadre of Indian field epidemiologists with proficiency in identifying, investigating and controlling infectious disease threats, including those caused by existing and potential agents of bioterrorism.
- Funding Partners: Nuclear Threat Initiative, World Health Organization (WHO)
- Program Partners: National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne and Enteric Diseases, CDC
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Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use
To design a standard survey protocol to collect data on tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries with the highest smoking rates and to track countries' progress in implementing tobacco-free programs.
- Funding Partners: Michael Bloomberg
- Program Partners: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; the World Lung Foundation; the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; World Health Organization; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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Emerging Infectious Diseases International Laboratory Fellowships
To prepare a cadre of trained laboratory leaders in infectious disease prevention and control throughout the world by providing year-long laboratory fellowships for international participants.
- Funding Partners: Chiron Foundation, Eli Lilly and Company
- Program Partners: Association of Public Health Laboratories, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
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Indonesia |
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Combating Dengue Fever in Indonesia
To demonstrate that controlling mosquitoes in common household containers can dramatically reduce the incidence of dengue fever.
- Funding Partners: Jean and Julius Tahija Family Foundation
- Program Partners: I.D. Analysis; National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne and Enteric Diseases, CDC
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Global Disaster Response Fund
The Global Disaster Response Fund provides immediate, flexible resources to CDC experts addressing public health emergencies around the world - whether natural disasters, emerging diseases like SARS or avian influenza, or manmade biological threats. View photos of “Operation Earthquake,” CDC’s response following the tsunami of December 2004.
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Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use
To design a standard survey protocol to collect data on tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries with the highest smoking rates and to track countries' progress in implementing tobacco-free programs.
- Funding Partners: Michael Bloomberg
- Program Partners: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; the World Lung Foundation; the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; World Health Organization; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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Kenya |
Bed Nets for Children
To prevent the spread of malaria by distributing insecticide-treated bed nets to pregnant women and children in Africa who are most at risk for contracting and dying from malaria.
- Funding Partners: Multiple donations from individuals and organizations
- Program Partners: Children for Children; Coordinating Office for Global Health, CDC
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Joint Global Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program in Kenya
To combine internationally based training for both laboratory scientists and epidemiologists in a setting where this training can utilize CDC’s existing infrastructure investments for emerging infectious diseases in Kenya and support national and regional surveillance and response capacity.
- Funding Partners: The Ellison Medical Foundation
- Program Partners: Kenya Medical Research Institute; Coordinating Office for Global Health, CDC
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Mobilizing CDC's Global Health Force
A CDC Foundation partnership is helping CDC acquire vehicles for transporting critical supplies, personnel and equipment to regions where they are needed most.
- Funding Partners: GM
- Program Partners: Coordinating Office for Global Health, CDC
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O.C. Hubert Student Fellowship in International Health
To provide opportunities for medical school students to spend one to three months working in other countries with CDC scientists on priority health problems.
- Funding Partners: O.C. Hubert Charitable Trust
- Program Partners: Office of Workforce and Career Development, CDC
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Louise Martin, D.V.M., M.S., EIS 85 Endowed Memorial Scholarship
When a terrorist bomb exploded at the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya on August 7, 1998, Mary Louise Martin was among the 12 Americans and more than 200 Kenyans killed. In her memory, friends and colleagues established the Louise Martin, D.V.M., M.S. EIS '85 Memorial Scholarship Endowment, which now provides vital educational opportunities for impoverished young women at the Starehe Girls Centre in Kiambu, Kenya.
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Bed Nets for Children
To provide insecticide-treated bed nets to CDC-affiliated programs in Africa.
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Emerging Infectious Diseases International Laboratory Fellowships
To prepare a cadre of trained laboratory leaders in infectious disease prevention and control throughout the world by providing year-long laboratory fellowships for international participants.
- Funding Partners: Chiron Foundation, Eli Lilly and Company
- Program Partners: Association of Public Health Laboratories, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
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Laos |
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Mobilizing CDC's Global Health Force
A CDC Foundation partnership is helping CDC acquire vehicles for transporting critical supplies, personnel and equipment to regions where they are needed most.
- Funding Partners: GM
- Program Partners: Coordinating Office for Global Health, CDC
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Latvia |
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Emerging Infectious Diseases International Laboratory Fellowships
To prepare a cadre of trained laboratory leaders in infectious disease prevention and control throughout the world by providing year-long laboratory fellowships for international participants.
- Funding Partners: Chiron Foundation, Eli Lilly and Company
- Program Partners: Association of Public Health Laboratories, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
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Madagascar |
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Safe Water System - Madagascar
To provide for the purchase and/or delivery of safe water vessels to a CARE-sponsored project in Madagascar.
- Funding Partners: Chlorine Chemistry Council
- Program Partners: National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne and Enteric Diseases, CDC
(This program is no longer active.)
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Malawi |
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O.C. Hubert Student Fellowship in International Health
To provide opportunities for medical school students to spend one to three months working in other countries with CDC scientists on priority health problems.
- Funding Partners: O.C. Hubert Charitable Trust
- Program Partners: Office of Workforce and Career Development, CDC
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Mozambique |
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Protocol to Measure the Burden of Pneumonia in Mozambique
To conduct prospective, population-based surveillance for severe pneumonia in children 0 - 23 months of age in Manhica, Mozambique.
- Funding Partners: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
- Program Partners: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
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Safe Water in Mozambique
To implement a community-based program to promote the use of the Safe Water System (hypochlorite solution and effective storage container) in Dhaka, Bangladesh to help prevent diarrheal diseases.
- Funding Partners: Arch Chemicals, Inc.
- Program Partners: National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne and Enteric Diseases, CDC
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O.C. Hubert Student Fellowship in International Health
To provide opportunities for medical school students to spend one to three months working in other countries with CDC scientists on priority health problems.
- Funding Partners: O.C. Hubert Charitable Trust
- Program Partners: Office of Workforce and Career Development, CDC
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Niger |
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Post Campaign Malaria Survey - Niger
To evaluate the coverage achieved in a campaign to prevent polio and malaria in Niger that distributed insecticide-treated mosquito nets during polio immunization activities.
- Funding Partners: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- Program Partners: National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne and Enteric Diseases, CDC
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Nigeria |
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Knight Public Health Journalism Program at CDC
To continue the Knight Journalism Fellowship Program at CDC for working journalists from print, radio, television or Internet who cover science, medicine, health or health policy and are committed to journalistic excellence in covering these fields.
- Funding Partners: The California Wellness Foundation, Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Kansas Health Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Open Society Institute
- Program Partners: Office of Workforce and Career Development, CDC
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Endowment for Global Health Priorities
Beginning with funding for the Stop Polio effort, provides flexible funding targeted to a certain disease eradication or elimination program outside the United States.
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Pakistan |
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Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use
To design a standard survey protocol to collect data on tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries with the highest smoking rates and to track countries' progress in implementing tobacco-free programs.
- Funding Partners: Michael Bloomberg
- Program Partners: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; the World Lung Foundation; the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; World Health Organization; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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Peru |
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Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Management and Training in Peru
To develop a model for MDRTB surveillance and control programs in resource-poor countries that includes research, training and technology components.
- Funding Partners: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Harvard Medical School
- Program Partners: National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, CDC
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O.C. Hubert Student Fellowship in International Health
To provide opportunities for medical school students to spend one to three months working in other countries with CDC scientists on priority health problems.
- Funding Partners: O.C. Hubert Charitable Trust
- Program Partners: Office of Workforce and Career Development, CDC
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Philippines |
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Emerging Infectious Diseases International Laboratory Fellowships
To prepare a cadre of trained laboratory leaders in infectious disease prevention and control throughout the world by providing year-long laboratory fellowships for international participants.
- Funding Partners: Chiron Foundation, Eli Lilly and Company
- Program Partners: Association of Public Health Laboratories, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
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International Flour Fortification
To promote the use of flour fortified with iron and folic acid around the world by encouraging the production and marketing of fortified flour.
- Funding Partners: Cargill, Incorporated
- Program Partners: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use
To design a standard survey protocol to collect data on tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries with the highest smoking rates and to track countries' progress in implementing tobacco-free programs.
- Funding Partners: Michael Bloomberg
- Program Partners: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; the World Lung Foundation; the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; World Health Organization; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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O.C. Hubert Student Fellowship in International Health
To provide opportunities for medical school students to spend one to three months working in other countries with CDC scientists on priority health problems.
- Funding Partners: O.C. Hubert Charitable Trust
- Program Partners: Office of Workforce and Career Development, CDC
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Romania |
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Emerging Infectious Diseases International Laboratory Fellowships
To prepare a cadre of trained laboratory leaders in infectious disease prevention and control throughout the world by providing year-long laboratory fellowships for international participants.
- Funding Partners: Chiron Foundation, Eli Lilly and Company
- Program Partners: Association of Public Health Laboratories, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
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Russia |
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Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis (MDRTB) Surveillance Program in Russia
To strengthen monitoring of MDRTB within the framework of overall TB monitoring activities in Russia.
- Funding Partners: Eli Lilly and Company
- Program Partners: National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, CDC
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STD Control in the Russian Federation
To introduce modern diagnostic tests and screening approaches for STD’s to a central laboratory in Moscow. This site will serve as a model for other laboratories in the Russian Federation, as well as provide training in modern diagnostic methods throughout the Russian Federation.
- Funding Partners: Becton Dickinson and Company
- Program Partners: National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, CDC
(This program is no longer active.)
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Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use
To design a standard survey protocol to collect data on tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries with the highest smoking rates and to track countries' progress in implementing tobacco-free programs.
- Funding Partners: Michael Bloomberg
- Program Partners: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; the World Lung Foundation; the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; World Health Organization; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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Emerging Infectious Diseases International Laboratory Fellowships
To prepare a cadre of trained laboratory leaders in infectious disease prevention and control throughout the world by providing year-long laboratory fellowships for international participants.
- Funding Partners: Chiron Foundation, Eli Lilly and Company
- Program Partners: Association of Public Health Laboratories, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
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Sierra Leone |
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Development of Rapid Assessment Methods and Tools to Better Meet the Needs of Displaced Persons
To develop and implement four pilot programs for the use of rapid assessment methods to measure behavioral risk factors and prevalence of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in emergency-affected populations.
- Funding Partners: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Program Partners: National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, CDC
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Somalia |
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Endowment for Global Health Priorities
Beginning with funding for the Stop Polio effort, provides flexible funding targeted to a certain disease eradication or elimination program outside the United States.
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South Africa |
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HIV/AIDS Prevention Program in South Africa
To support South African organizations working on HIV/AIDS prevention. Organizational strategies include counseling for people living with AIDS; teaching skills that help unemployable patients support their families; educating people in methods of self-care and prevention; and facilitating basic health care.
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(This program is no longer active.)
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O.C. Hubert Student Fellowship in International Health
To provide opportunities for medical school students to spend one to three months working in other countries with CDC scientists on priority health problems.
- Funding Partners: O.C. Hubert Charitable Trust
- Program Partners: Office of Workforce and Career Development, CDC
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Mobilizing CDC's Global Health Force
A CDC Foundation partnership is helping CDC acquire vehicles for transporting critical supplies, personnel and equipment to regions where they are needed most.
- Funding Partners: GM
- Program Partners: Coordinating Office for Global Health, CDC
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Sri Lanka |
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Safe Water in Tsunami-affected Sri Lanka
To prevent diarrheal disease through the use of CDC's Safe Water System in tsunami-affected communities in Sri Lanka.
- Funding Partners: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Program Partners: National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne and Enteric Diseases, CDC
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Global Disaster Response Fund
The Global Disaster Response Fund provides immediate, flexible resources to CDC experts addressing public health emergencies around the world - whether natural disasters, emerging diseases like SARS or avian influenza, or manmade biological threats. View photos of “Operation Earthquake,” CDC’s response following the tsunami of December 2004.
Related Information:
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Sudan |
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Endowment for Global Health Priorities
Beginning with funding for the Stop Polio effort, provides flexible funding targeted to a certain disease eradication or elimination program outside the United States.
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Development of Rapid Assessment Methods and Tools to Better Meet the Needs of Displaced Persons
To develop and implement four pilot programs for the use of rapid assessment methods to measure behavioral risk factors and prevalence of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in emergency-affected populations.
- Funding Partners: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Program Partners: National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, CDC
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Polio Eradication Heroes Fund
Recognizes health workers and volunteers who have incurred serious injury or lost their lives as a direct consequence of their participation in polio eradication activities. The families of the workers, who have been the victims of automobile crashes, military conflicts and other life-threatening events, receive a certificate recognizing the victim’s heroic commitment to polio eradication and a cash tribute.
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Tanzania |
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O.C. Hubert Student Fellowship in International Health
To provide opportunities for medical school students to spend one to three months working in other countries with CDC scientists on priority health problems.
- Funding Partners: O.C. Hubert Charitable Trust
- Program Partners: Office of Workforce and Career Development, CDC
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Mobilizing CDC's Global Health Force
A CDC Foundation partnership is helping CDC acquire vehicles for transporting critical supplies, personnel and equipment to regions where they are needed most.
- Funding Partners: GM
- Program Partners: Coordinating Office for Global Health, CDC
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Thailand |
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Population-based Surveillance for Pneumonia with Detection of S.pneumoniae
To coordinate and perform a range of surveillance and research activities designed to determine the incidence of pneumoccal infections among children and adults in two provinces in Thailand.
- Funding Partners: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Program Partners:
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
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O.C. Hubert Student Fellowship in International Health
To provide opportunities for medical school students to spend one to three months working in other countries with CDC scientists on priority health problems.
- Funding Partners: O.C. Hubert Charitable Trust
- Program Partners: Office of Workforce and Career Development, CDC
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Mobilizing CDC's Global Health Force
A CDC Foundation partnership is helping CDC acquire vehicles for transporting critical supplies, personnel and equipment to regions where they are needed most.
- Funding Partners: GM
- Program Partners: Coordinating Office for Global Health, CDC
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Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use
To design a standard survey protocol to collect data on tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries with the highest smoking rates and to track countries' progress in implementing tobacco-free programs.
- Funding Partners: Michael Bloomberg
- Program Partners: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; the World Lung Foundation; the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; World Health Organization; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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Togalese Republic |
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Endowment for Global Health Priorities
Beginning with funding for the Stop Polio effort, provides flexible funding targeted to a certain disease eradication or elimination program outside the United States.
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Turkey |
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Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use
To design a standard survey protocol to collect data on tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries with the highest smoking rates and to track countries' progress in implementing tobacco-free programs.
- Funding Partners: Michael Bloomberg
- Program Partners: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; the World Lung Foundation; the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; World Health Organization; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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Uganda |
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Mobilizing CDC's Global Health Force
A CDC Foundation partnership is helping CDC acquire vehicles for transporting critical supplies, personnel and equipment to regions where they are needed most.
- Funding Partners: GM
- Program Partners: Coordinating Office for Global Health, CDC
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Ukraine |
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Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use
To design a standard survey protocol to collect data on tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries with the highest smoking rates and to track countries' progress in implementing tobacco-free programs.
- Funding Partners: Michael Bloomberg
- Program Partners: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; the World Lung Foundation; the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; World Health Organization; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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United Kingdom |
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Emerging Infectious Diseases International Laboratory Fellowships
To prepare a cadre of trained laboratory leaders in infectious disease prevention and control throughout the world by providing year-long laboratory fellowships for international participants.
- Funding Partners: Chiron Foundation, Eli Lilly and Company
- Program Partners: Association of Public Health Laboratories, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
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