Take a Ten-Country Tour with Global Disease Detectives
Scarcely a week goes by without a grim reminder in the news of the deadly threat of infectious diseases. We don’t know what the next health threat will be, or when it will strike, or where. But we do know what is needed: people on the ground, as close to the source as possible, who can prevent outbreaks from becoming epidemics. Have you ever wondered what it takes?
Check Your Passport and Pack Your Bags
Take a tour with one of CDC’s most successful global health programs. Travel to 10 Global Disease Detection Centers and meet the experts who track down health threats—knocking on doors in remote villages, swabbing the noses of wild African buffalo, and bringing cutting-edge training and technology to those who need it most.
Country of Georgia: Going Above and Beyond to Eliminate Hepatitis C
In the country of Georgia, a team of international disease detectives found themselves far off the beaten path when conducting door-to-door surveys to track down Hepatitis C…read more
Central America: Building EOCs on a Shoestring
Having Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) that can respond within two hours is one of the goals of the Global Health Security Agenda. But do EOCs need to come with a high price tag? Not according to Luis Hernandez…read more
South Africa: Tracking and Taming Zoonotic Disease
Why would you tonsil swab a wild African buffalo? Because buffalos are reservoirs for certain zoonotic diseases – those that can pass from animals to humans. A One Health program in South Africa connects physicians and veterinarians…read more
India: Coordinated Response Puts Diarrhea on the Run
A pilot program in India is leading the way to finding the causes of foodborne illness. When a wedding celebration gets crashed by food poisoning, teams of scientists track down the source…read more
Thailand: Open Borders, Safe Borders
Land and air travel have brought dangerous diseases such as SARS, cholera, and rabies to Thailand in the past. Border health projects are detecting potential health threats before they spread, using advanced molecular detection…read more
Egypt: Protecting the Power of Antibiotics
In Egypt, barriers that stand in the way of addressing the danger of antimicrobial resistance are coming down, thanks to a national program that works with hospitals and communities to gather new data and change the way antibiotics are used…read more
Bangladesh: Five Steps to Scientific Writing Success
Scientific writing is critical to participating in the global conversation. In Bangladesh, an innovative training course is creating better writers, ensuring that staff have the skills to become independent scientists…read more
Kenya: Unlocking the Mystery of Childhood Deaths
Kenya is determined to save children’s lives by understanding why they are dying. To figure out which respiratory infections are killing young children, a new study brings together a unique combination of cutting-edge technology and cultural sensitivity…read more
China: Disease Diplomacy: From China to Atlanta to Sierra Leone
As Chinese nationals, Lab experts Dr. ShuYu Wu and Dr. Yuzhi Zhang of the U. S. CDC Global Disease Detection program were uniquely able to cross language and travel barriers to bring training to a Chinese laboratory in Sierra Leone at the height of the Ebola epidemic…read more
Kazakhstan: Joining Forces on Laboratory Reform
A large scale project in Kazakhstan is using the Stepwise Laboratory Improvement Process to modernize the country’s laboratory systems and produce immediate, measurable results…read more
- Updates from the Field
- Global Disease Detection Program: About Us
- Where We Work
- Stories & Blogs
- Story: In Chapter 13 of Maryn McKenna’s Beating Back the Devil, Joel Montgomery, Chief of CDC’s Global Disease Detection program, shares his experiences with the SARS outbreak.
- Infographic: Global Disease Detection: Advancing the Science of Global Public Health
