Infographic: Impact by the Numbers

CDC CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH: 2018 IMPACT BY THE NUMBERS
Workforce and Presence
- Over 1,800 staff in 59 country offices
- Approximately 1,000 staff in the US
Outbreaks and Emergency Response
- 3,680+ combined days CDC experts deployed to support emergency responses
- 139 international public health events monitored and reported
- 220 threats across the globe investigated through the Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP)
Ebola
- Provided technical support to improve strategies for implementing Ebola vaccination, with 53,000+ people receiving Ebola vaccine
Vaccines
- 60 new vaccines introduced in 48 countries, including hepatitis B, inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), rubella, and rotavirus
Measles
- 22 global measles outbreaks tracked through the Global Disease Detection Operations Center
- Supported 15 measles outbreak countries and immunization activities in 4 non-outbreak countries, leading to more than 119 million people vaccinated globally
HIV and TB
- Provided life-saving antiretroviral treatment (ART) for 8.2 million men, women, and children living with HIV globally
- Identified an additional 1.7 million people living with HIV globally
- Supported TB screening for 6.5 million people living with HIV
*Through the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Parasitic Diseases and Malaria
- Provided otherwise unavailable life-saving medications for 97 US patients with parasitic infections
- Conducted 6,400+ diagnostic tests for parasitic diseases
- Responded to 5,100+ hotline inquiries
Polio
- Polio remains endemic in only 3 countries
- Polio cases decreased from more than 350,000 per year in 1988 to 33 in 2018
- Immunized more than 2.5 billion children against polio since 1988, with the cooperation of 200 countries and 20 million volunteers
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