The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The CDC conducts and supports health promotion, prevention and preparedness activities in the US with the goal of improving public health. It is organized into centers, institutes, and offices that allow it to respond effectively to various public health concerns both domestically and internationally through partnerships with organizations such as the World Health Organization.

1. Tehseen Riaz
Lecturer (pharmaceutics)
Rashid Latif College of Pharmacy

2.  CDC is the leading national public health institute of the
United States.
 It is a federal agency under the Department of Health and
Human Services and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

3.  The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a
federal agency that conducts and supports health promotion,
prevention and preparedness activities in the US with the goal
of improving overall public health.
 Established in 1946 and based in Atlanta, the CDC is managed
by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
 The CDC works with partners at the local, state and national
level to:
 monitor and prevent disease outbreaks
 implement disease prevention strategies
 and maintain national health statistics.

4.  Its main goal is to protect public health and safety through the
control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability.
 It especially focuses on:
 infectious disease
 food borne pathogens
 environmental health
 occupational safety and health
 health promotion
 injury prevention
 educational activities to improve the health of citizens.
 In addition, the CDC researches and provides information on non-
infectious diseases such as obesity and diabetes

5.  The CDC is organized into "Centers, Institutes, and Offices" (CIOs)
which allow it to be responsive and effective in public health
concerns.
 Each organizational unit implements the agency's response in a
particular area of expertise.
 Within "Offices" are Centers, Divisions, and Branches.
 Some examples of CIOs are
 CDC Washington Office
 Center for Global Health
 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
 Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support
 Office of Equal Employment Opportunity
 Office of Infectious Diseases

6. 1. Influenza:
 The CDC has launched campaigns targeting the transmission
of influenza, including the H1N1 swine flu.
 The CDC has launched websites including [flu.gov] to educate
people in proper hygiene.

7.  2. Other infectious diseases:
 The CDC's website has information on other infectious
diseases, including smallpox, measles, and others. The CDC
runs a program that protects the public from rare and
dangerous substances such as anthrax and the Ebola virus.
 The program, called the Select Agents Program, calls for
inspections of labs in the U.S. that work with dangerous
pathogens.

8. 3.Non-infectious diseases
 The CDC also works on non-infectious diseases, including
chronic diseases caused by obesity, physical inactivity and
tobacco-use
 4.Antibiotic resistance
 The CDC implemented their National Action Plan for
Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria as a measure against
the spread of antibiotic resistance in the United States.

9.  The CDC partners with many international organizations such as
the World Health Organization (WHO) and global divisions include:
Division of Global HIV & TB (DGHT), Division of Parasitic Diseases
and Malaria (DPDM), Division of Global Health Protection (DGHP),
and Global Immunization Division (GID).
 The CDC is integral in working with WHO in establishing the
International Health Regulations (IHR), that is binding on 194
member countries, through the Global Disease Detection Program
(GDD) and the WHO and CDC Global Surveillance Systems.

10.  CDC works with several key public health institutions in
Pakistan to strengthen capacity and infrastructure for key
public health issues, including:
 workforce development
 hepatitis surveillance
 polio eradication.
 CDC also has strong partnerships with Aga Khan University to
do research in the areas of vaccinations and neonatal
infections.

11.  CDC enhances Pakistan’s capacity to design, implement, and
evaluate comprehensive tobacco control policy interventions
through the Global Tobacco Surveillance System (GTSS).
 GTSS supports 3 surveys in Pakistan:
 one for youth,
 one for health professionals,
 and one for school personnel.
 Survey data is used for tobacco control policies, which
ultimately can impact other health outcomes.

12.  CDC has several projects related to bacterial diseases in
Pakistan:
◦ Demonstrating the impact of Hib vaccine in preventing meningitis and
pneumonia among young children in selected districts of Pakistan.
◦ Determining the bacterial and viral causes of neonatal infections.
◦ Supporting surveillance for the detection and characterization of
agents of invasive bacterial vaccine-preventable diseases to provide
data, enabling Government of Pakistan to make informed decisions
regarding vaccination

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