Our Impact

Overview

CDC has played a vital role in rapidly containing deadly threats across the globe that can endanger Americans' health. Systems we helped build have swiftly contained Ebola in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, meningitis in Liberia, avian flu in Cameroon, and numerous other deadly threats worldwide.

More specifically:

• Emergency Outbreak Response: Since 2005, nearly 6,000 outbreaks have been investigated by DGHP-trained disease detectives across 67 countries.
• Data & Surveillance: Since 1980, DGHP strengthened more than 50 surveillance systems giving countries the tools to detect and stop diseases faster.
• Laboratory: CDC's global health security experts have provided laboratory training to more than 12,000 lab professionals in over 40 countries, allowing them to better detect and contain health threats before they can spread and reach our shores.
  
• Workforce & Institutions
  • Since the inception of DGHP's renowned Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) in 1980, we have trained more than 25,000 disease detectives on the frontlines in 90 countries around the world, allowing us to strengthen countries' ability to respond to disease threats that can ultimately impact American lives and interests.
  • DGHP has partnered with 32 countries and 5 regions to establish their own CDC-like National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs) to protect community health and contain disease close to the source.

At CDC's Division of Global Health Protection, our efforts to promote global health security are making a lasting difference in the lives of countless individuals, creating a safer America and a safer world.