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Dynamic speakers provide informative presentations that focus on promoting CDC's Health Protection Goals efforts – energizing and empowering people to protect the health and quality of their lives.
Topics are tailored to address public health issues that are of interest to various groups and relative to different communities, such as Pandemic Influenza, Crisis and Emergency Risk Training, Environmental Health and a host of other topics.
To learn more, please visit About the Speakers Bureau.
Possible Topics to Consider...
- Chronic Diseases
- The leading causes of
- death and disability in
- the United States
- Environmental Health
- Protecting your
- health and
- the environment...
- Vaccines & Immunizations
- Determine the appropriate
- public health response to vaccine
- safety concerns...
- Influenza
- Preparing for
- flu season...
Where We′ve Been Lately
Tucson, Arizona
CDC spoke with 200 state public health agencies for planning and responding to large public health emergencies requiring a multi-agency response; particularly related to an infectious disease outbreak along the border.
CDC-TV, Put Your Hands Together
- Running Time: (3:38)
- Release Date: 10/13/2008
- Read the script (PDF, 2 pages)
Scientists estimate that people are not washing their hands often or well enough and may transmit up to 80% of all infections by their hands. From doorknobs to animals to food, harmful germs can live on almost everything. Handwashing may be your single most important act to help stop the spread of infection and stay healthy.
Contact the Speakers Bureau
Contact the Speakers Bureau between the hours of 8:00am and 4:30 pm.
- Phone:(404) 639-7796
- e-mail: speakersbureau@cdc.gov
CDC staff visit Briar Vista Elementary School in Decatur Georgia to talk with k-5th grade Children about staying healthy and the importance of good hand-washing techniques. Staff presented to 300 students using “glow germ” and a black light to demonstrate how easily germs can spread.
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