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Note to presenter: You are welcome to include one, more or all of slides below in your presentation. Also consider creating a slide that illustrates how CDC directly impacts your organization or community. Thank you. Saving Lives. Protecting People. Saving Money Through Prevention . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Developed by the CDC Foundation :: cdcfoundation.org
Note to presenter:
You are welcome to include one, more or all of slides below in your presentation. Also consider creating a slide that illustrates how CDC directly impacts your organization or community.
Thank you.
Developed by the CDC Foundation :: cdcfoundation.org
Saving Lives.Protecting People.Saving Money Through Prevention.
Developed by the CDC Foundation :: cdcfoundation.org
CDC is committed to a
single mission: protecting America
from health, safety and
security threats, both
foreign and domestic.
Developed by the CDC Foundation :: cdcfoundation.org
Whether diseases
start at
are
curablehuman error
CDC fights it and supports
communities and citizens
to prevent it.
home or
chronic or
abroad,
acute,
or preventable, or deliberate attack,
Developed by the CDC Foundation :: cdcfoundation.org
CDC applies groundbreaking research
and real-time emergency response
to keep America healthy, safe and secure.
Developed by the CDC Foundation :: cdcfoundation.org
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
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.
Developed by the CDC Foundation :: cdcfoundation.org
Saving Lives and Protecting People
CDC maintains a Strategic National Stockpile that distributes lifesaving vaccines, medicines and supplies following a public health crisis.
Developed by the CDC Foundation :: cdcfoundation.org
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 programsproven to prevent these diseases and reduce healthcare costs.
75% of U.S. healthcare spending is on preventable disease
$1.9 trillion
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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.
Developed by the CDC Foundation :: cdcfoundation.org
PANDEMIC | INFLUENZA | EMERGING DISEASES | SUPERBUGS | ESCALATING HEALTHCARE COSTS | BIOTERRORISM | CHRONIC KILLERS OUTBREAKS | CONTAMINATED FOOD | NATURAL DISASTERS | TOXINSPANDEMIC | INFLUENZA | EMERGING DISEASES | SUPERBUGS | ESCALATING HEALTHCARE COSTS | BIOTERRORISM | CHRONIC KILLERS OUTBREAKS | CONTAMINATED FOOD | NATURAL DISASTERS | TOXINSPANDEMIC | INFLUENZA | EMERGING DISEASES | SUPERBUGS | ESCALATING HEALTHCARE COSTS | BIOTERRORISM | CHRONIC KILLERS OUTBREAKS | CONTAMINATED FOOD | NATURAL DISASTERS | TOXINSPANDEMIC | INFLUENZA | EMERGING DISEASES | SUPERBUGS | ESCALATING HEALTHCARE COSTS | BIOTERRORISM | CHRONIC KILLERS OUTBREAKS | CONTAMINATED FOOD | NATURAL DISASTERS | TOXINSPANDEMIC | INFLUENZA | EMERGING DISEASES | SUPERBUGS | ESCALATING HEALTHCARE COSTS | BIOTERRORISM | CHRONIC KILLERS OUTBREAKS | CONTAMINATED FOOD | NATURAL DISASTERS | TOXINS
With the world a dangerous place… we need CDC.