CDC is committed to improving the lives of the people we serve and is focused on priority areas where we can ensure the greatest health impact. CDC’s four overarching Health Protection Goals—Healthy People in Every Stage of Life; Healthy People in Healthy Places; People Prepared for Emerging Health Threats; and Healthy People in a Healthy World—provide a strategic framework for achieving health protection and health equity. The stories in this report exemplify CDC successes in these four goals, as we strive to become more adept at protecting your health, in all ways, in all places, at all times.
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In 2007, CDC made great strides in bringing together leaders in business, organizations, and communities who can also benefit by working with us to achieve our goals. From protecting the homeland to improving business practices, from implementing effective intervention programs to developing better testing technology, new collaborations are allowing CDC to expand our reach across the health protection continuum.
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In an era of limited fiscal resources and many competing priorities, CDC is committed to leveraging resources to achieve maximum health results and reduce health disparities. Prioritizing the agency’s activities within the four overarching Health Protection Goals ensures that we are focused on optimizing health impact in every laboratory on our campus, in every program we fund, in all our health protection research, and in every outbreak we contain.
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