An estimated 58 million children still do not have access to rotavirus vaccines due to high vaccine costs and a lack of access to health care. In response, the CDC Foundation is working with 11 priority countries to protect children from this deadly virus.

It is important to honor those who have served and protected the United States. Part of that recognition is understanding and providing support for the unique challenges veterans and military families face. Suicide remains one of the most serious public health issues for veterans.

Gary Cohen has dedicated his life to serving others with compassion and ethical leadership, leading public health organizations and agencies on projects spanning the globe. He is an expert on applying knowledge gained in the business sector to achieve tangible social change worldwide and has been a close collaborator with the CDC Foundation, where he has been a donor every year since 2006 and former board of directors chair and member.

In late August 2022, storms and flooding caused the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant in Jackson, MS to fail, leaving over 150,000 people without access to safe drinking water for weeks. During the crisis, PAI mobilized resources and support for residents.

Hear Her is a national campaign that supports CDC’s efforts to prevent pregnancy-related deaths. The latest phase of the program reaches out to American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) women, who are twice as likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than white women.

Heart disease, stroke and other diseases caused by high blood pressure are responsible for more than 10 million deaths a year around the world. And 82% of those people live in low- and middle-income countries. The Global Hearts Hypertension Control Initiative engages experts in different countries to collect data and ideas on how to implement low-cost treatment plans. Now they’re sharing that information with their own governments to put these plans into action.

With insights from CDC and support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the CDC Foundation has developed data equity principles to create more equitable data planning and sharing processes.

Public health analyst Amulen Wirsiy, of the Overdose Response Strategy program, has been busy visiting schools across Puerto Rico, leading discussions around dealing with peer pressure, smart decision-making and self-reliance, as well as the physical and emotional effects of various substances.