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Saving Lives.
Protecting People.
Saving Money
Through Prevention.
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CDC is committed to a
single mission:
protecting America
from health, safety
and security
threats, both foreign
and domestic.
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Whether diseases
start at home or abroad,
are chronic or acute,
curable or preventable,
human error or deliberate attack,
CDC fights it
and supports
communities and citizens
to prevent it.
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CDC applies groundbreaking research
and real-time emergency response
to keep America healthy, safe and secure.
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CDC protects and improves health
in your state and community.
• More than 70% of CDC’s funding is distributed
to state and local health departments,
universities and other key organizations in
all 50 states and around the world
• CDC empowers the public with vital tools so
they can protect their own health and the
health of their families
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CDC and its partners determine the
ultimate success of homeland security.
• CDC connects state and local health,
recognizing disease patterns and helping states
respond more quickly and effectively
• CDC field staff are assigned
to all 50 states and
more than 50 countries
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Saving Lives and Protecting People
CDC’s global disease detection network
responded to 535 disease outbreaks and detected
51 new pathogens from 2006 to 2010.
CDC helped investigate more than
200 multi-state foodborne outbreaks in 2010,
including E. coli and Salmonella.
Saving Lives and Protecting People
CDC’s Emergency Operations Center serves as a
24/7 central command for public health
responses to emergencies like Hurricane Katrina,
H1N1 and the Deepwater Horizon explosion.
Saving Lives and Protecting People
CDC maintains a Strategic National Stockpile that
distributes lifesaving vaccines, medicines and
supplies following a public health crisis.
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Saving Money Through Prevention
More than three-quarters of the nation’s
healthcare spending is on preventable diseases
like diabetes, heart disease and stroke.
CDC invests in programs
proven to prevent
these diseases and
reduce healthcare costs.
$1.9 trillion
75%
of U.S.
healthcare
spending
is on
preventable
disease
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Saving Money Through Prevention
Regular childhood vaccinations prevent
20 million cases of disease, avert
42,000 deaths and save nearly $70 billion.
CDC′s guidelines for preventing infections
in healthcare facilities save 4,500 lives each
year and $3.3 billion.
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PANDEMIC | INFLUENZA | EMERGING DISEASES | SUPERBUGS |
ESCALATING HEALTHCARE COSTS | BIOTERRORISM | CHRONIC KILLERS
OUTBREAKS | CONTAMINATED FOOD | NATURAL DISASTERS | TOXINS
PANDEMIC | INFLUENZA | EMERGING DISEASES | SUPERBUGS |
ESCALATING HEALTHCARE COSTS | BIOTERRORISM | CHRONIC KILLERS
OUTBREAKS | CONTAMINATED FOOD | NATURAL DISASTERS | TOXINS
PANDEMIC | INFLUENZA | EMERGING DISEASES | SUPERBUGS |
ESCALATING HEALTHCARE COSTS | BIOTERRORISM | CHRONIC KILLERS
OUTBREAKS | CONTAMINATED FOOD | NATURAL DISASTERS | TOXINS
PANDEMIC | INFLUENZA | EMERGING DISEASES | SUPERBUGS |
ESCALATING HEALTHCARE COSTS | BIOTERRORISM | CHRONIC KILLERS
OUTBREAKS | CONTAMINATED FOOD | NATURAL DISASTERS | TOXINS
PANDEMIC | INFLUENZA | EMERGING DISEASES | SUPERBUGS |
ESCALATING HEALTHCARE COSTS | BIOTERRORISM | CHRONIC KILLERS
OUTBREAKS | CONTAMINATED FOOD | NATURAL
DISASTERS | TOXINS
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With the world a
dangerous place…
we need CDC.