Annual Report

Highlights

CDC's global work strengthens the knowledge, systems, and partnerships needed to find and face all types of health challenges. Recent highlights include:

• Stopping health threats at their source before they spread to the United States and other countries. In early 2023, a CDC trained community health worker was the first to recognize an unidentified disease spreading in the Kagera region of Tanzania. Her knowledge led her to immediately notify Ministry of Health officials, enabling them to identify a deadly Marburg virus outbreak, act swiftly, and contain it with no cross-border transmission reported.
• Containing disruptive global disease outbreaks. When a large cholera outbreak struck Haiti at the end of 2022, CDC led the interagency U.S. response, in close collaboration with the government of Haiti, to provide technical assistance and support in surveillance/laboratory capacity, vaccination, treatment and case management, risk communication and community engagement, and water, sanitation and hygiene.
• Using global data for disease prevention and mitigation programs in the United States and other countries. In 2023, we saw the first cases of domestically acquired malaria in the U.S. in 20 years. Because CDC has global expertise at the ready, we were able to quickly support states to contain it. We also rely on global data to detect influenza strains around the world and use them in flu vaccines, and to detect emerging antimicrobial resistant pathogens so we can preserve the power of lifesaving antibiotics.
• Saving lives and improving health globally. Through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), CDC has built up sustainable local core capabilities and trusted, longstanding relationships that improve health overall. CDC is also supporting countries and partners to rapidly direct attention and resources toward essential immunization services and reach all children, everywhere.

No matter the threat, we know we need the right data and surveillance, laboratories, workforce and institutions, prevention and response, innovation and research, and policy, communications, and diplomacy. By leveraging the full benefit of everything we're building globally, we can create a world where people in the United States and around the world live healthier, safer, and longer lives.

Download our full 2023 annual report for additional stories, highlights, and impacts.