To continue to increase health security in countries by improving their capacity and expanding support using new and more relevant tools of the National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) Toolkit in at least six countries.
To leverage the WHO Global Rotavirus Surveillance Network (GRSN) by using novel technology to achieve a better understanding of the role of enteric pathogens other than rotavirus in childhood diarrhea requiring hospitalization and create the Global Pediatric Diarrheal Surveillance Network (GPDS).
To honor and recognize important work to promote safe injection practices and patient safety and produce educational materials that raise awareness and highlight the work of the One & Only Campaign.
To support two annual two-day conferences for journalists from media outlets reaching rural, frontier and urban populations to provide training on where to access reliable health information.
To develop a Global Pediatric Norovirus Laboratory Surveillance Network to monitor norovirus strains and provide data critical for decision-making related to norovirus vaccination.
To improve awareness and implementation of respiratory virus prevention, the CDC Foundation will support a coalition that shares information, promotes collaboration and advances CDC goals to strengthen coordination and data-informed strategies.
To assess the impact of the Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine catch up campaign among internally displaced populations in the northern Sahel region of Burkina Faso. This effort will implement and evaluate the impact of changing the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine schedule.
To assist the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) in establishing a Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) in Qatar focused on building its public health workforce capacity.