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Global Tobacco Surveillance System Serves as Worldwide Standard
"Think globally, act locally," the saying goes. New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, has done both, acting "locally" by instituting one of the strongest tobacco control programs in the country as New York City health commissioner, and globally, through leadership of the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use. It was fitting, therefore, that beginning his new job as director just so happened to coincide with a meeting in Atlanta of 128 countries active in CDC's Global Tobacco Surveillance System.
Published: July 17, 2009
Global Report Released on Road Safety
Motor vehicles add convenience to our lives. Across the globe, 1.27 million people die in traffic crashes each year. What’s more, nearly half of those who die (46 percent) are pedestrians, motorcyclists, and cyclists, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Status Report on Road Safety.
Published: June 15, 2009
Hunting Down the Polio Virus
Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Stop Transmission of Polio (STOP) program celebrated its 10-year anniversary as part of the largest public health initiative in history – the eradication of polio.
Published: June 8, 2009
