Together Our Impact is Greater

Christopher J.L. Murray and Sandro Galea selected as recipients for the CDC Foundation Fries Awards for Health.

For decades, communities across the country have been offering services and finding innovative solutions to address the U.S. drug overdose crisis. By working collaboratively with shared data, public health agencies, harm reduction groups and health systems can prioritize resource allocation can better understand which overdose prevention interventions are most successful.

The Oglala Lakota Sioux reservation of Pine Ridge in South Dakota is one of the largest in the country and is home to approximately 18,000 people, many of whom live in remote areas across nearly 2 million acres of land. For the past year, obstetrician-gynecologist (OB/GYN) Ryan Duggal, MD, has been serving as a staff physician with the Indian Health Service in Pine Ridge. From the outset, he felt right at home.

Since launching the Live to the Beat campaign in 2022, the CDC Foundation has hosted four free, in-person Live to the Beat events, inviting the local community to get tips and support putting these small steps into action in their everyday lives.