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CDC Promotes
Health The Prevention Health and Health Services Block Grant provides support to all 50 states and eight territories, the District of Columbia, and two Native American tribes for preventive health services to improve quality of life by reducing illness and premature deaths. CDC works with a wide range of partners to implement HIV prevention programs. For example, CDC: funds state and local health and education agencies and community-based organizations to conduct locally determined HIV prevention programs tailored to the specific needs of the community. CDC established the Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program to coordinate a national effort to protect the public's health in the event of a biological or chemical terrorist attack. With CDC support, 50 states and 4 cities are upgrading their capabilities to counter bioterrorism threats. The REACH 2010 program is a demonstration project that provides funding to support community-based coalitions that have a high potential to develop, implement, and evaluate innovative strategies aimed at eliminating local racial/ethnic disparities in health. Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious killer of young adults. About one third of the world's population is infected with TB, including 10-15 million Americans; many are unaware of this latent infection. CDC participates in the Director General's (WHO) new Stop TB Initiative to help address the global TB epidemic and its impact on the United States. Vaccines are one of the most cost-effective tools in preventing disease and death. Working with our partners, CDC protected the health of millions of pre-school children by achieving a record high 80% immunization rate in 1999. CDC is taking steps to improve adult immunization rates through interventions recommended in the CDC-sponsored Guide to Community Preventive Services. CDC in collaboration with USAID and other HHS agencies, is implementing the global HIV/AIDS initiative, Leadership and Investment in Fighting an Epidemic (LIFE). The countries targeted represent those with the most severe HIV epidemic and where the potential impact is greatest. CDC developed the National Syphilis Elimination Plan and provided supplemental funding to the 28 counties reporting 50% of all syphilis cases and 4 areas with previous history of high morbidity levels and which also had a high potential for syphilis re-emergence. CDC worked with nine other departments/agencies to develop A Public Health Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance, a guide to address the reemerging threat of antimicrobial resistance. |
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