Updates from the Field: Fall 2020, Issue 30
Global Health Protection in Action
![Bach-Mai-contact-interviews_1850x1200 Supported by CDC, Vietnam’s Field Epidemiology Training Program helps Hanoi Medical University students interview contacts quarantined with COVID-19 at FPT University. Photo: Dr. Tong Thi Ha, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology](/globalhealth/healthprotection/fieldupdates/fall-2020/images/Bach-Mai-contact-interviews_1850x1200.jpg?_=55496)
Responding to COVID-19 Through Strengthened Public Health Systems
CDC investments in global health security around the world have laid the foundation for countries to rapidly and effectively prepare for emerging infectious disease threats, including the current coronavirus outbreak. While we recognize there is still a lot of work to do, our collaborations with other nations, international organizations, and nongovernmental stakeholders, including the private sector, have ensured that many countries are much better prepared today to prevent, detect, and respond to outbreaks, including COVID-19, than they were several years ago. To print this issue, please use Updates from the Field Issue 30 – Print Version [4.7MB, 20 Pages, Print Only].
- Message from the Director
- Global Rapid Response Team Expands Scope to U.S. Response
- Laboratory Commitments and Innovations Pay Off
- Africa CDC Launches Continent-wide Response
- Mobile Phone Surveys Transform Data Collection
- Pregnancy Wheel Adaptations Empower Community Health Workers
- Global Health Security Investments Prepare Guinea and Uganda for COVID-19
![RADM Nancy Knight, MD, speaks to the media with Chancellor Joe Gow of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse after touring a COVID-19 surge testing site on campus. Photo: Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune](/globalhealth/healthprotection/fieldupdates/fall-2020/images/video-still-credit_796x880.jpg?_=66697)
Watch Video: RADM Nancy Knight, MD discusses being better prepared for COVID-19 and the next global health emergency.
![amazonas-multiple_961x800 FETP residents with the Amazonas State Department of Health conducting a field investigation for COVID-19 in San Juan de Atacuari, Colombia on the Brazilian border.](/globalhealth/healthprotection/fieldupdates/fall-2020/images/amazonas-multiple_961x800.jpg?_=70538)
FETP residents with the Amazonas State Department of Health conducting a field investigation for COVID-19 in San Juan de Atacuari, Colombia on the Brazilian border.
![amazonas-1_554x800 FETP resident wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) while investigating COVID-19 in the Amazonas state of Colombia.](/globalhealth/healthprotection/fieldupdates/fall-2020/images/amazonas-1_554x800.jpg?_=70534)
FETP resident wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) while investigating COVID-19 in the Amazonas state of Colombia.