The CDC Foundation is partnering with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Blood Disorders within the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, the California Rare Disease Surveillance Program (a project of the Public Health Institute, located in Oakland, CA) and Pfizer Inc. to support the development and implementation of a longitudinal data collection system for Americans with sickle cell disease.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), African-American men are 25 percent more likely to die from heart disease, compared to non-Hispanic white men. To help address this health disparity, the CDC Foundation is partnering with Pfizer and Quest Diagnostics to launch the Million Hearts® “Healthy is Strong” initiative.

Business Pulse: Heart Health shares how the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works to protect Americans’ heart health, a strategy that can improve worker productivity and lower healthcare costs.

To better protect patients, the CDC Foundation received a nearly $1 million grant from Cubist to develop patient safety outcome measures and measurement tools for hospital-based programs dedicated to improving antibiotic use, commonly referred to as antibiotic stewardship programs.

A study conducted by RTI International in nine states concludes that statewide smoke-free laws would not be expected to have an adverse economic impact on restaurants and bars in these states. The study, which was supported by the CDC Foundation, was released today in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease.

To work with local, state and national partners and develop a set of recommendations in the form of a roadmap on how to optimize the interface between public health and community-based organizations to best prepare future responses to public health emergencies and effectively promote broader community health objectives.

To support implementation of a set of recommendations and a roadmap developed in the "Strengthening Public Health and Community Based Organization (CBO)" Interface report.

To serve as an applied learning hub for community-based organizations, public health departments, funders and others to create system-level changes and community-driven capacity building for the public health ecosystem.

To engage communities through the power of arts and culture to educate, empower and mobilize individuals toward positive change. Thriving Together Atlanta serves as a model of how cross-sector partnerships can address multifaceted issues affecting communities today.

To support the participation of community members and other partners virtual and in-person convenings whose ultimate goal is to improve population health outcomes.