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Healthy Mind, Healthy Body: Unique Initiative Helps Counter Pandemic Stress

COVID-19's accompanying stress, isolation and uncertainty have raised concerns about the mental health impacts of the pandemic. In response, the CDC Foundation supported the How Right Now/Que Hacer Ahora campaign.

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World Malaria Day: Celebrating Monumental Progress in Saving Lives

In October 2021, WHO made an announcement the public health community had dreamed of for over a century and worked towards for decades: the recommendation of a malaria vaccine that could save tens of thousands of lives each year. On World Malaria Day, we celebrate this enormous achievement in malaria control and elimination.

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A Career Spent in Service of Public Health

Dr. Gary R. Noble served in pivotal roles throughout the AIDS pandemic, spending 29 years at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and 10 years at Johnson & Johnson—demonstrating a dedication to public health that has its roots in his rural community-minded upbringing. Now he maintains an active retirement, supporting his family, the CDC Foundation and other important causes.

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In Crisis Situations, Improved Information Gathering Can Save Lives

60 percent of the world’s maternal deaths and 45 percent of newborn deaths occur in areas affected by war, food insecurity or natural disasters. Unfortunately, countries in crisis often lack accurate data about maternal and newborn health. Learn how we're filling those gaps.

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Filling the Gaps: How the CDC Foundation Bolstered Pandemic Hiring

The threat posed by COVID-19 sparked a massive national response. When the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) put out a funding announcement for help in bolstering public health capacity across the country, the CDC Foundation was quick to apply.

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Awash with Potential: Using Wastewater Surveillance to Shore Up Public Health

Wastewater surveillance: it’s not the most glamorous-sounding job on the planet, but it has the potential to spot COVID and save lives. Read more to get the scoop on poop!

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On the Fields, In the Skies and Over the Airwaves: Teaching Nepali Speakers about COVID-19 and Flu

For the Nepali community living in the Pacific Northwest, getting accurate, trustworthy health information during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a constant challenge–one made even more difficult for those who speak limited English. Recognizing this problem, one group of inspired community members decided to dive in and help.

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Building Local Public Health Capacity to Fight the Pandemic

To combat the emergence of COVID-19, the CDC Foundation partnered with Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies dedicated to reducing death from cardiovascular disease and epidemics in low- and middle-income countries.