Haiti Earthquake Response

CDC teams are on the ground in Haiti and have identified critical supplies and equipment needed to address the growing public health crisis – items that CDC cannot purchase quickly through normal government channels. CDC is also beginning to outline long-term needs for helping Haiti rebuild their public health system.

You can help CDC purchase what they need immediately to detect and control disease outbreaks and contribute to rebuilding Haiti's public health infrastructure by making a gift to the CDC Foundation's Global Disaster Response Fund.

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Preventing Sports-Related Head Injuries

Each year, U.S. emergency departments treat an estimated 135,000 sports- and recreation-related tramautic brain injuries, including concussions, among children ages 5 to 18. CDC has created tools for parents, coaches, athletes, and health care professionals on how to prevent, recognize, and respond to a concussion.

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Bed Nets for Children

For just $5, you can help CDC purchase an insecticide-treated bed net that will protect up to three children in Africa from malaria. Bed nets have been shown to greatly reduce illness and death from malaria, especially in children under 2.

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Responding to H1N1 Flu

The CDC Foundation has activated our Emergency Preparedness & Response Fund to support CDC's response to the novel H1N1 flu pandemic. To date, the Fund has helped CDC purchase Blackberrys for deployed experts and supported flu-tracking studies in New York, Delaware and Ohio.

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Hand Washing: A Simple Step to Prevent Hospital Infections

A CDC Foundation partnership with Kimberly-Clark Corporation produced a video and an education campaign for hospital patients and their families that are helping to prevent healthcare-associated infections and save lives.

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