Global Disease Detection: Advancing the Science of Global Public Health

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Global Disease Detection by the Numbers

• 10 – GDD Centers help countries build core capacities in support of the International Health Regulations and Global Health Security
• 50+ – Countries received outbreak response, laboratory, and surveillance support from GDD Centers.
• 2000+ – Outbreak investigations supported in partnership with ministries of health
• 1300+ -Outbreak investigations received laboratory support
• 115,000+ – Public health professionals trained on topics including epidemiology, risk communications, health economics, scientific writing, policy, rapid response, and informatics
• 3,400 – Training sessions conducted
• 60+ – Pathogens detected that were new to a region of the world
• 11 – Pathogens and organisms detected that were new to the world
• 380+ – New diagnostic tests in 59 countries, which improved disease detection capability and accelerated response interventions
• 875+ – Peer-reviewed scientific articles published
• 75,000,000 – People under surveillance for key infectious diseases