CDC Around the World This Week: CDC in Central America

CDC Around the World This Week: CDC in Central America

IN THIS MESSAGE:	PHOTO OF THE WEEK CDC's work in Central America makes the world a safer place. View full-sized photo
Spotlighted Topic of the Week: CDC in Central America
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Spotlighted Topic of the Week: CDC in Central America

Blog of the Week CDC SUPPORTS THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH IN GUATEMALA IN THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE Big things often start small. So do success stories. For proof, simply look to CDC’s work – and history – in Central America. From a single field station established more than 40 years ago in El Salvador, CDC today has a broad and respected presence across Central America and other countries in the region. As in other parts of the world, we are working closely with public health colleagues to strengthen the capacity of Ministries of Health to prevent, detect, and control disease…read blog Infographic of the Week CDC'S OUTBREAK RESPONSE IN CENTRAL AMERICA View full-sized infographic Video of the Week CDC GLOBAL DISEASE DETECTIVES: CLUES FROM A BAT CAVE CDC global health leadership brings the world's leading public health experts to a Guatemala cave, where rabid bats threaten human health. These examples of CDC at work in the world help protect America and all other countries from disease threats that respect no borders…watch video Story of the Week COMBINATION HIV PREVENTION AND SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS IN CENTRAL AMERICA In Central America, the HIV/AIDS epidemic is concentrated with low prevalence among the general population, but high prevalence among certain sub-groups. Since 2006, Central American Ministries of Health alongside the U.S. Government’s agencies such as CDC Central American Regional Office have implemented the Sexually Transmitted Infection surveillance, prevention and control strategy, known as VICITS by its Spanish acronym…read story

In the News

After Ending Polio, India Turns To Stop Another Childhood Killer NPR, March 30, 2014 Combination of oral, injectable polio vaccine used for first time in outbreak Vancouver Sun, March 20, 2014 Addressing Violence Against Women and Children Is Critical to Achieving an AIDS-Free Generation and the Millennium Development Goals Huffington Post, March 19, 2014 Malaria Cases Could Rise with Temperatures, Study Says Newsweek, March 6, 2014

On the Calendar

April 2: World Autism Awareness Day April 7: World Health Day April 17: World Hemophilia Day April 22: Earth Day April 24: World Meningitis Day April 24-30: World Immunization Week April 25: World Malaria Day