Brief Description:
CDC public health experts are ready to deploy to respond when disasters strike. Our teams have a broad range of skills in applied epidemiology, health assessments, surveillance activities, water and sanitation, rapid response capacity building, and field investigations. The teams specialize in five main areas:
• Investigation – epidemic investigations, public health surveillance, and disease prevention and control to monitor, track, and contain outbreaks at the source.
• Planning: Based on our operational research projects, we develop more effective public health interventions to prevent the spread of disease. We also offer program evaluation and emergency preparedness support.
• Training: We help strengthen technical skills across foreign governments; international and private volunteer organizations; and with students to build critical public health capabilities.
• Guidelines: We develop guidance internally and with partners on public health issues and technical areas, such as best practices in tracking outbreak-prone diseases in crowded settings.
• Partnerships: We build and maintain relationships with strategic multinational, international, and non-governmental partners, working together to strengthen global health security and protect people worldwide.
TYPE OF ASSISTANCE:
Emergency response and recovery. Assistance requests submitted by government agencies, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations.
SPECIFIC COUNTRIES OF INTEREST OR OTHER RELEVANT CRITERIA FOR ASSISTANCE: worldwide.
