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id="content" class="cdc-page-content cdc-page-offset syndicate container"> <div class="cdc-dfe-body "> <div class="cdc-dfe-body__top "> <div class="dfe-section dfe-section--page-summary summary-blurb summary-paragraph" data-section="cdc_about_cio_summary"> <div class="dfe-section__header"> <h2 class="editor-block--title" id="heading-pmmsmwzoqo">Key points</h2> </div> <div class="dfe-section__content"> <p>CDC aspires to create a world where people in the United States and around the globe live healthier, safer, and longer lives. CDC is the lead U.S. government agency for public health and infectious disease outbreak preparedness and response activities.</p> <div class="dfe-section__nav hide" id="dfe-section__nav"> <div class="dfe-section__nav__header" id="dfe-section__nav__header"> </div> <div class="dfe-section__nav-links" id="dfe-section__nav-links"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="dfe-section__image" id="page-summary-image"> <figure class="dfe-image dfe-image__large"><div class="image-container calculated-ratio-16-9 aspect-ratio-16-9"><img src="/global-health/media/images/Vaccine_Delivery_UN06855341200x675.jpg" alt="A health worker with a vaccine carrier en route to a community outreach session to vaccinate children." title="UNICEF_Vaccine_Delivery_UN06855341200x675"></div></figure> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cdc-dfe-body__center "> <div class="dfe-section" data-section="cdc_about_cio_mission"> <a class="onThisPageAnchor" id="cdc_about_cio_mission-our-mission" name="Our%20mission" title="Our mission"></a><h2 class="editor-block--title" id="heading-0t1z-geq9t">Our mission</h2> <p>Protect people in the United States and around the world by preventing, detecting, and responding to disease threats—anytime and anywhere.</p> </div> <div class="dfe-section" data-section="cdc_about_cio_priorities"> <a class="onThisPageAnchor" id="cdc_about_cio_priorities-focus" name="Focus" title="Focus"></a><h2 class="editor-block--title" id="heading-xjyu6l3gvo">Focus</h2> <p>As the lead U.S. government agency dedicated to the health and safety of the American people—and the lead technical global public health agency for the U.S.—CDC works 24/7 worldwide to reduce morbidity and mortality and safeguard communities by addressing global health threats.</p> </div> <div class="dfe-section" data-section="cdc_about_cio_goals"> <a class="onThisPageAnchor" id="cdc_about_cio_goals-goals" name="Goals" title="Goals"></a><h2 class="editor-block--title" id="heading-eyg7wknorm">Goals</h2> <p> The Global Health Center (GHC) works alongside other CDC centers to implement our agency’s global health mission by: </p> <ul class="nested-list"> <li class="level-1">Stopping health threats at their source before they spread to the United States and other countries<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Containing disruptive global disease outbreaks<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Using global data for disease prevention and mitigation programs in the United States and other countries<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Saving lives and improving health globally<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="dfe-section" data-section="cdc_about_cio_why_it_matters"> <a class="onThisPageAnchor" id="cdc_about_cio_why_it_matters-why-its-important" name="Why%20it's%20important" title="Why it's important"></a><h2 class="editor-block--title" id="heading-dzfje54gq_">Why it's important</h2> <h3 id="heading-mxptqw-atx">Global health security is national security</h3> <p>GHC’s scientific and programmatic subject matter expertise is crucial to achieving CDC’s mission to protect Americans. Thanks to our extensive global presence and decades-long, government-to-government partnerships, CDC’s global staff often receive the first call from host country governments and learn about outbreaks earliest. The earlier a disease threat is known, the sooner our response can begin to prevent spread to the United States and other countries. </p> <p>GHC’s deep and long-term commitment to global health impact has saved millions of lives. The goal of CDC's global health work is to improve health outcomes and strengthen global health security by building the capacity of partner countries to detect diseases and stop health threats.</p> <div class="dfe-block cdc-callout cdc-callout--message"><div class="cdc-callout__icon" aria-hidden="true" role="img"></div> <h3 class="cdc-callout__heading">2024 Annual Report</h3> <div class="cdc-callout__body"><div class="cdc-callout__image"><div class="image-container aspect-ratio-16-9 stretch"><img src="/global-health/media/images/2025/01/2024-Annual-Report-Cover.png" alt="Cover art of the 2024 CDC Global Annual Report with the title 'CDC Global: A Year of Action and Impact.' The design features a light blue background with six circular images depicting various activities, such as lab work, healthcare, field responses, two hands shaking, and women smiling. The CDC logo appears in the bottom left corner."></div> </div><div class="cdc-callout__content"><p>Our global work draws upon our deep scientific expertise and our ability to translate science into lifesaving action. Read more about our 2024 impact and accomplishments in our latest <a href="/global-health/annual-report-2024/index.html">annual report</a>.</p> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="dfe-section" data-section="cdc_about_cio_our_work"> <a class="onThisPageAnchor" id="cdc_about_cio_our_work-how-we-do-it" name="How%20we%20do%20it" title="How we do it"></a><h2 class="editor-block--title" id="heading-felzxc00cp">How we do it</h2> <h3 id="heading-pem4a9wff6">We provide unique, critical expertise that no other agency provides.</h3> <p>CDC's global programs address hundreds of diseases, health threats, and conditions that are major causes of death, disease, and disability—building upon our domestic public health program expertise and knowledge of these diseases to help protect the U.S. from major health threats, wherever they arise.<br></p> <p> GHC is a key leader in implementing flagship global public health programs such as the <a href="https://www.state.gov/pepfar/" class="ce-selection tp-link-policy" rel="noreferrer" data-domain-ext="gov">U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)<span class="visually-hidden sr-only" aria-label=" external icon" role="img"></span><span class="cdc-icon-external cdc-link-icon" aria-hidden="true" alt="external icon"></span></a>, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), and the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA). The capabilities, platforms, and relationships we have built are ready to adapt when new threats occur.</p> <h3 id="heading-z97jwrbflq">Core public health capabilities further our mission</h3> <ul class="nested-list"> <li class="level-1"><strong>Data and surveillance</strong>: We ensure countries can collect, analyze, visualize, use, and share high quality data on any disease or condition that impacts health.<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1"><strong>Laboratory</strong>: We train skilled workers, improve diagnostics and specimen transport systems, and increase biosafety and biosecurity to ensure pathogens can be quickly and accurately identified.<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1"><strong>Workforce and institutions</strong>: We bolster the epidemiology, clinical, and laboratory workforce needed for today's and tomorrow's threats and support the institutions that house this expertise.<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1"><strong>Prevention and response</strong>: We ensure people have access to immunizations and non-pharmaceutical interventions to stay healthy. We also ensure countries have essential response systems to act fast in any crisis.<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1"><strong>Research </strong><strong>and </strong><strong>innovation</strong>: We uncover who is getting sick, where, and why. We also develop new diagnostics and analysis methods that strengthen public health for generations to come.<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1"><strong>Policy, communication, and diplomacy</strong>: We translate data into action and deliver the right information at the right time. We increase trusted partnerships and diplomatic relationships that drive global health success.<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> <div class="dfe-block dfe-block--keep_reading"><b>Keep Reading:</b> <a href="/global-health/priorities/index.html">CDC's Global Health Strategic Framework</a></div><h3 id="heading-br6h98_8yo">Leveraging decades of global partnerships</h3> <p>Though CDC has more than 75 years of public health excellence—and a record of trailblazing science and evidence-based decision-making—we cannot do this alone. Today’s global health challenges require collaboration and coordination with a wide variety of partners to advance CDC’s work in protecting Americans and saving lives around the world. </p> <p>Together, CDC and partners are able to accomplish more than any one organization or institution can on its own. By leveraging CDC's longstanding relationships and the agency's unique scientific and technical capacities, GHC works closely with ministries of health and other partners to implement programs and tackle profound health threats. 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