Cdc Influence On Global Health

When developing my first post, I decided to approach it by depicting the specific healthcare organization that I researched because I respect what this organization stands for and the positive impact it has made on global health. This particular organization is the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC is a federally run agency under the control of United States government. The CDC works on a global scale in over sixty countries to help build personal and community capacity that can be enabled when working towards preventing or responding to any threats to health. If this built capacity is found to not be sufficient and threats to health surface, the CDC will work to prevent the spread of disease or illness as soon as it …show more content…
Although some initiatives that are implemented amongst the various health-based organizations may appear similar in that they all have the same purpose of effectively improving overall global health, they do however vary in a different ways. When exploring the various global health initiatives employed by the CDC, it is apparent that they are found to have concepts parallel to other organizations. These initiatives include, but are not limited to disease detection, health protection, and illness and disease prevention through vaccines. Focusing in on the initiative of disease protection, this global health initiative utilizes information systems and highly trained individuals to monitor rates of diseases globally. This process assists with decision making regarding whether it is believed that a specific disease could gain momentum, advance, and spread at the current time, or at some point in the future and what should be done as a …show more content…
On their website, the CDC showcases its work with children in various sections. The CDC’s collaboration with UNICEF, a children’s health based group highlights the work being done with children’s health initiatives, particularly the global immunization of children in the developing world. Another determinant that I found to be particularly apparent throughout the organization’s global work is income. This determinant is displayed numerous times on the CDC’s website, including throughout the previously stated examples involving the determinant of age. It is often displayed in many initiatives because a large amount of the health efforts and advancements made by global health-based organizations, such as the CDC occur in third-world countries where there are often countless people living in poverty. Furthermore, despite it being apparent that global health involvement appears to be largely influenced by these two determinants, it is also clear that many other determinants of health have an effect on the a country or organization’s involvement, even if they are not explicitly stated or showcased to the