| Spotlighted Topic of the Week: Brazil and the World Cup |
| Blog of the Week |
| WORLD CUP SERVING AS REAL-WORLD TEST FOR NEW DISEASE DETECTION TECHNOLOGY |
With the World Cup underway in all its frenzied glory, you can be forgiven for missing another major effort currently underway in Brazil that represents the first large scale, real-life, real-world test of important new technology. And no, it’s not the goal-line technology that’s being used for the first time at soccer’s biggest competition. This technology uses computer tablets, sophisticated software designed by CDC and public health experts from Brazil’s Ministry of Health (MOH) trained in the Field Epidemiological Training Program (FETP) to provide the most complete, detailed and timely information about disease threats and other public health concerns…read blog |
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Video of the Week |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS - LEARNING FROM THE BRAZILIAN FAMILY HEALTH STRATEGY |
The Brazilian Community Health Worker role is beginning to be recognized as a health and social care innovation that may be of benefit to health systems in developing countries and industrialized economies alike…watch video |
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| Story of the Week |
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MASS GATHERING PREPAREDNESS - A GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY VICTORY FOR ALL AT WORLD CUP IN BRAZIL |
| Thirty-two teams have taken their shot at victory at the 2014 World Cup this summer. Brazil has hosted more than three million fans from all corners of the world. CDC's Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) is taking aim to help fans stay healthy…read story |
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| In the News |
The worm turns no more…
PLOS, July 8, 2014
CDC official visiting PATH sees innovation in immunization
PATH, July 3, 2014
Crisis talks held as Ebola outbreak continues to spread in Africa
UPI, July 2, 2014
CDC App Helps Travelers Avoid Diarrhea
CBS Atlanta, June 10, 2014 |
| On the Calendar |
July 11: World Population Day
July 28: World Hepatitis Day
August 1-7: World Breastfeeding Week |
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