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More than 150,000 patients have been notified of potential exposure to hepatitis and HIV due to unsafe injection practices in U.S. healthcare settings since 2001. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, medical injections are an overlooked source of infections and outbreaks.

To provide comprehensive technical assistance to six countries that have received planning grants for sample registration system (SRS) development, with the goal of bolstering existing mortality data collection systems and fostering long-term capacity strengthening.

To support state health departments in collecting certain data for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).

To ensure partners across the public health ecosystem have access to improved data by making standardized data in electronic health records systems and rich details in clinical notes more easily available through scalable technologies.

To work with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and provide technical assistance and capacity-building resources to state, local and territorial health agency recipients of the Public Health Infrastructure Grant.

To recruit and place data modernization experts in public health authorities across the country. The CDC Foundation will also lead and support trainings, convenings and networking opportunities for all recruits in order to build critical competencies for public health data experts.

To provide support to medical examiner and coroner offices for developing data workflows, including planning key events and creating technical products that support interoperability efforts and capacity building. In partnership with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the CDC Foundation is growing and expanding efforts to build a community of practice, MDI Connect.