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Statement of Organization, Functions,
and Delegations of Authority
Part C (Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention) of the Statement of
Organization, Functions, and
Delegations of Authority of the
Department of Health and Human
Services (45 FR 67772–76, dated
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR
69296, October 20, 1980, as amended
most recently at 78 FR 70049–70057,
dated November 22, 2013) is amended
to reflect the reorganization of the
Center for Global Health, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Section C–B, Organization and
Functions, is hereby amended as
follows:
Delete in its entirety the mission and
function statements for the Center for
Global Health (CW) and insert the
following:
Center for Global Health (CW): (1)
Leads the coordination and execution of
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention’s (CDC) global health
strategy; (2) works in partnership to
assist ministries of health to build
capacity, maximize public health
impact and promote country ownership
and sustainability; (3) achieves U.S.
government and international
organization goals to improve health,
including disease eradication and
elimination targets; (4) strengthens
CDC’s global health programs that focus
on the leading causes of mortality,
morbidity and disability, including
chronic disease and injuries; (5)
generates and applies new knowledge to
achieve health goals; and (6) strengthens
health systems and their impact.
Office of the Director (CWA): (1)
Provides strategic direction and
guidance on the execution of CDC’s
global health strategy, including
decision-making, policy development
and program planning and evaluation;
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(2) leads divisions in implementing
public health programs and ensures the
impact and effectiveness of
administration initiatives,
Congressionally-mandated programs
and other public health programs; (3)
serves as the lead for coordination of
CDC global programs and cross-cutting
areas of global public health; (4)
harmonizes CDC global health priorities
with host country priorities and works
with ministries of health to improve
essential public health functions,
maximize positive health outcomes and
promote country ownership and
sustainability; (5) provides leadership
and direction to all CDC country
directors in their role as a senior CDC
representative with the U.S. Embassy
and ministry of health and in
implementing CDC’s global health
strategy in country; (6) measures the
performance of CDC’s global health
programs in terms of public health
impact and fiscal accountability; (7)
provides scientific leadership in
developing and implementing evidencebased public health interventions and
promotes best scientific practice; (8)
facilitates the conduct and maintenance
of ethical and high quality, scientific
investigations by implementing
regulatory requirements, monitoring
human subjects compliance and
clearing scientific products; (9)
harmonizes CDC’s global laboratory
activities to strengthen laboratory
capacity globally; (10) promotes the
introduction of innovative technologies
and approaches to improve the
diagnostic and screening capability of
programs to better detect and respond to
emerging pathogens; (11) provides
leadership to promote growth and
improvement of CDC global health
programs; (12) works with divisions to
strengthen surveillance systems to
analyze, measure and evaluate the
global burden and distribution of
disease; (13) promotes scientific
innovation and advances in global
health surveillance, epidemiology,
monitoring and evaluation, and
informatics; (14) provides leadership
and coordination for CDC’s global
health security programs, policy and
partnerships; (15) provides leadership
on issues management, budget
formulation and performance
integration and country-specific issues
through triaging to programs; (16)
coordinates prioritization and planning
for visits of high level officials to CDC
and other strategic engagements; (17)
participates in defining, developing,
shaping and implementing U.S. global
health policy and actions; (18) manages
inter-governmental and external affairs
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and cultivates strategic partnerships;
(19) plans and executes CDC’s global
health communications strategy and
public affairs media response/outreach;
(20) provides oversight, guidance and
accountability for all operations
functions, human resources, workforce
management, budget formulation and
distribution, extramural reviews and
processing, internal and domestic travel
and property management
responsibilities of the Center for Global
Health (CGH); (21) develops and
maintains an effective global health
workforce for CDC through strategic and
innovative personnel solutions, policies
and training initiatives, while
demonstrating accountability for
personnel resources and results of
human capital investment; (22) provides
leadership and guidance on informatics,
information technology systems
implementation, security, governance
and planning for CGH and CDC country
offices; and (23) develops standardized
management processes and solutions for
CDC country offices.
Delete in its entirety the mission and
function statements for the Division of
Public Health Systems and Workforce
Development (CWF) and the Division of
Global Disease Detection and
Emergency Response (CWJ).
After the mission and function
statement for the Global Immunization
Division (CWK), insert the following:
Division of Global Health Protection
(CWL): (1) Provides country-based and
international coordination for disease
detection, International Health
Regulations (IHR) implementation and
public health emergency response; (2)
leads the agency’s efforts to address the
public health emergency continuum
from prevention, to detection, to
response and finally through postemergency health systems recovery; (3)
provides epidemic intelligence and
response capacity for early warning
about international disease threats and
coordinates with partners throughout
the U.S. government as well as
international partners to provide rapid
response; (4) provides resources and
assists in developing country-level
epidemiology, laboratory and other
capacity to ensure country emergency
preparedness and response to outbreaks
and incidents of local importance as
well as international importance; (5) in
coordination and communication with
other CDC Centers, Institute, or Offices
(CI0s), leads CDC activities on global
Non-Communicable Disease; and (6)
collaborates with other divisions in
CDC, federal agencies, international
agencies, partner countries and nongovernmental organizations assisting
ministries of health to build public
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health capacity for addressing
communicable diseases and NonCommunicable Diseases (NCDs).
Office of the Director (CWL1): (1)
Provides leadership, management and
oversight for all division activities; (2)
develops the division’s overall strategy
and division policies on planning,
evaluation, management and operations;
(3) coordinates with CGH and the Office
of the Chief Financial Officer on budget
and spending; (4) ensures that CGH
strategies are executed by the division
and aligned with overall CDC goals; (5)
ensures that division activities in the
field are well coordinated with the CDC
country office and support a ‘‘one-CDC’’
approach at the country level; (6)
ensures scientific quality, ethics and
regulatory compliance; (7) evaluates
strategies, focus and prioritization of
branch research, program and budget
activities; (8) coordinates division
policy and communication activities
including liaise with other CDC policy
and communications offices and those
of our partner agencies; (9) develops and
promotes partnerships with both
national and international
organizations, including other U.S.
government agencies, in support of
division activities; (10) serves as a
liaison and coordinates with other CDC
offices engaged in global activities in
communicable diseases and NCDs; (11)
leads CDC NCD strategic planning and
prioritization and coordinates planning
and communication with external
stakeholders around global NCDs; (12)
provides technical assistance, subject
matter expertise and engages in program
development and implementation of
select cross-cutting or priority global
NCD project areas; (13) provides CDC
leadership on the development of
National Public Health Institutes
(NPHI); (14) ensures coordination of
division’s overall activities with subject
matter experts (SME) across CDC; and
(15) fosters an integrated and
collaborative approach to research,
program and policy activities.
Emergency Response and Recovery
Branch (CWLB): (1) Coordinates,
supervises and monitors CDC’s work in
international emergency settings and in
refugee or displaced populations in
collaboration with other U.S.
government agencies (Office of Foreign
Disaster Assistance and Department of
State), United Nations agencies and
nongovernmental organizations; (2)
provides direct technical assistance to
refugees, internally displaced persons
and emergency-affected populations in
the field, focusing on rapid health and
nutrition assessments, public health
surveillance, assessment of public
health threats and prioritization of
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public health interventions, epidemic
investigations, communicable disease
prevention and control and supports
program implementation and program
evaluation; (3) develops and
implements operational research
projects aimed at developing the most
effective public health interventions for
populations in emergency settings; (4)
plans, implements, and evaluates
training courses and workshops to help
strengthen CDC technical capacity in
emergency and post-emergency public
health, as well as that of other U.S.
government agencies, international,
non-governmental, other organizations
and schools of public health; (5)
develops technical guidelines on public
health issues associated with
international complex humanitarian
emergencies; (6) serves as the CDC
liaison to maintain strong working
relationships with other international,
bilateral and non-governmental relief
organizations involved with
humanitarian emergencies; (7) supports
CDC’s post-earthquake health systems
reconstruction work in Haiti to help
achieve agency objectives in Haiti and
Haiti’s public health legacy goals; (8)
systematically applies the agency’s skill
set and lessons learned from Haiti and
elsewhere to aid in health systems
recovery after acute or protracted
emergencies; and (9) leads CGH’s global
water, sanitation and hygiene programs.
Field Epidemiology Training Program
Branch (CWLC): (1) Leads the agency in
partnering with ministries of health to
determine manpower needs for capacity
in surveillance, epidemiology and
response and to develop strategies to
address those needs; (2) designs,
implements and evaluates short-course
training and long-term career
development programs in field
epidemiology and related disciplines for
district, regional and national health
agencies; (3) plans, implements,
coordinates, supports and evaluates the
Field Epidemiology Training Programs
(FETPs) in partnership with ministries
of health and CDC country offices; (4)
provides consultation and promotes
training in the development, analysis,
evaluation, improvement and use of
surveillance systems to provide data for
evidence-based decision-making in
health; (5) implements and coordinates
the training and capacity building needs
for specific programs such as highimpact diseases (HIV, TB, malaria),
NCDs, one health and laboratory
capacity building in partnership with
ministries of health; (6) develops and
promotes the use of competency-based
training materials in field epidemiology
for use by FETPs and other partners,
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CDC, academic programs and others; (7)
maintains a training material library and
Web site while utilizing innovative
technologies to support training,
investigation, surveillance and response
activities; (8) sustains international,
regional and global networks of FETP
programs and graduates; (9) supports
partner ministries of health’s systems
strengthening efforts through provision
of technical assistance, including
facilitating provision of assistance from
relevant subject matter expert programs
across the agency; (10) plans, directs,
supports, implements and coordinates
public health leadership and
management development and
organizational excellence effort; (11)
serves as the World Health Organization
Collaborating Center for Global Public
Health Workforce Development; and
(12) conducts the Sustainable
Management Development Program.
Global Disease Detection Branch
(CWLD): (1) Provides program support,
resources and technical assistance to the
Global Disease Detection (GDD) Centers
around the world; (2) in collaboration
and coordination with CIO partners,
supports and facilitates emerging
infectious disease detection and
response, pandemic influenza
preparedness, zoonotic disease
investigation, laboratory system
strengthening and biosafety, global
health security and training in field
epidemiology through the GDD Centers;
(3) leads and administers CDC’s GDD
program through coordination with
relevant implementing programs across
the agency; (4) provides leadership,
guidance and technical assistance
support and resources for global
infectious disease surveillance, applied
epidemiology and laboratory research
and response to emerging infectious
disease threats through the GDD
Centers; (5) provides resources and
assists in developing country-level
epidemiologic, laboratory, human and
other capacity within GDD Centers to
ensure country emergency preparedness
and response to outbreaks and incidents
of local and international interests; (6)
facilitates work throughout CDC with
SMEs engaged and providing technical
assistance to GDD Center activities; (7)
collaborates with other divisions and
CIOs to define and promote only good
public health laboratory standards and
practices; (8) develops and conducts
training, in collaboration with SMEs
and public and private sector laboratory
organizations, to facilitate timely
transfer of newly emerging laboratory
technology and standards for laboratory
practice; and (9) in collaboration with
SMEs and with public and private
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sector laboratory organizations, provides
technical assistance, consultation and
training to GDD health centers and other
international partners to develop and
maintain international public health
laboratories.
Global Health Security Branch
(CWLE): (1) Serves as the WHO
Collaborating Center for Implementation
of National IHR Surveillance and
Response Capacities; (2) provides
leadership and coordination of CDC ’s
relationships with WHO for IHR
international capacity development
activities; (3) responsible for CDC’s
support to WHO’s Integrated Disease
Surveillance and Response (IDSR)
strategy; (4) supports the
implementation of IHR and IDSR at the
country level; (5) assess, coordinates,
implements and measures the
effectiveness of international public
health preparedness activities in
partnership with WHO, ministries of
health and United States Government
(USG) security, development, and
disaster response agencies in the context
of IHR; (6) manages CDC’s relationship
and develops partnerships with U.S.
government security (National Security
Staff (NSS), Department of Defense,
Department of State) and development
agencies (USAID) engaged in global
health security activities; (7) leads in the
development and implementation of
CDC’s Global Health Strategic Goals for
Global Health Security (GHS); (8)
ensures CDC’s activities supported by
Interagency Global Health Security
Partners align with CDC GHS goals and
partner country public health
preparedness priorities and meet CDC ’S
high standard for quality and fiduciary
responsibility; (9) serves as principal
point of coordination for USG
interagency partners involved in
international disease surveillance and
situational awareness activities; (10)
ensures CDC’s interests are represented
at NSS GHS policy committees; (11)
provides support, coordination and
issues management services to HHS
Office of Global Affairs (OGA) for U.S.
government Global Health Security
policy development activities; (12)
provides early warning on disease
threats via CDC’s event based
surveillance and other epidemic
intelligence activities conducted in
partnership with U.S. government
agencies, WHO, ministries of health,
other international, public health and
security partners to assure compliance
with IHR; (13) serves as CDC’s lead for
supporting and facilitating CDC’s
response to international outbreaks; (14)
develops and implements in
coordination with other CDC CIOs and
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U.S. government partners, information
technology solutions for emergency
preparedness information management,
surveillance and executive decision
support to enhance the effectiveness of
public health emergency detection and
response around the globe; and (15)
coordinates international aspects of
CDC’s public health preparedness and
emergency response activities in
collaboration with the Office of Public
Health Preparedness and Response, the
National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, the
National Center for Environmental
Health and other CDC organizational
units involved in chemical, biological,
radiological and nuclear hazard
preparedness and emergency response
activities.
Delete in its entirety the title and
function statements for the Laboratory
Systems Development Branch (CVLGG),
Division of Preparedness and Emerging
(CVLG), National Center for Emerging
and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (CVL).
Dated: November 26, 2013.
Sherri A. Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of
Authority
Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as
amended most recently at 78 FR 70049-70057, dated November 22, 2013) is
amended to reflect the reorganization of the Center for Global Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as
follows:
Delete in its entirety the mission and function statements for the
Center for Global Health (CW) and insert the following:
Center for Global Health (CW): (1) Leads the coordination and
execution of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC)
global health strategy; (2) works in partnership to assist ministries
of health to build capacity, maximize public health impact and promote
country ownership and sustainability; (3) achieves U.S. government and
international organization goals to improve health, including disease
eradication and elimination targets; (4) strengthens CDC's global
health programs that focus on the leading causes of mortality,
morbidity and disability, including chronic disease and injuries; (5)
generates and applies new knowledge to achieve health goals; and (6)
strengthens health systems and their impact.
Office of the Director (CWA): (1) Provides strategic direction and
guidance on the execution of CDC's global health strategy, including
decision-making, policy development and program planning and
evaluation; (2) leads divisions in implementing public health programs
and ensures the impact and effectiveness of administration initiatives,
Congressionally-mandated programs and other public health programs; (3)
serves as the lead for coordination of CDC global programs and cross-
cutting areas of global public health; (4) harmonizes CDC global health
priorities with host country priorities and works with ministries of
health to improve essential public health functions, maximize positive
health outcomes and promote country ownership and sustainability; (5)
provides leadership and direction to all CDC country directors in their
role as a senior CDC representative with the U.S. Embassy and ministry
of health and in implementing CDC's global health strategy in country;
(6) measures the performance of CDC's global health programs in terms
of public health impact and fiscal accountability; (7) provides
scientific leadership in developing and implementing evidence-based
public health interventions and promotes best scientific practice; (8)
facilitates the conduct and maintenance of ethical and high quality,
scientific investigations by implementing regulatory requirements,
monitoring human subjects compliance and clearing scientific products;
(9) harmonizes CDC's global laboratory activities to strengthen
laboratory capacity globally; (10) promotes the introduction of
innovative technologies and approaches to improve the diagnostic and
screening capability of programs to better detect and respond to
emerging pathogens; (11) provides leadership to promote growth and
improvement of CDC global health programs; (12) works with divisions to
strengthen surveillance systems to analyze, measure and evaluate the
global burden and distribution of disease; (13) promotes scientific
innovation and advances in global health surveillance, epidemiology,
monitoring and evaluation, and informatics; (14) provides leadership
and coordination for CDC's global health security programs, policy and
partnerships; (15) provides leadership on issues management, budget
formulation and performance integration and country-specific issues
through triaging to programs; (16) coordinates prioritization and
planning for visits of high level officials to CDC and other strategic
engagements; (17) participates in defining, developing, shaping and
implementing U.S. global health policy and actions; (18) manages inter-
governmental and external affairs and cultivates strategic
partnerships; (19) plans and executes CDC's global health
communications strategy and public affairs media response/outreach;
(20) provides oversight, guidance and accountability for all operations
functions, human resources, workforce management, budget formulation
and distribution, extramural reviews and processing, internal and
domestic travel and property management responsibilities of the Center
for Global Health (CGH); (21) develops and maintains an effective
global health workforce for CDC through strategic and innovative
personnel solutions, policies and training initiatives, while
demonstrating accountability for personnel resources and results of
human capital investment; (22) provides leadership and guidance on
informatics, information technology systems implementation, security,
governance and planning for CGH and CDC country offices; and (23)
develops standardized management processes and solutions for CDC
country offices.
Delete in its entirety the mission and function statements for the
Division of Public Health Systems and Workforce Development (CWF) and
the Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response (CWJ).
After the mission and function statement for the Global
Immunization Division (CWK), insert the following:
Division of Global Health Protection (CWL): (1) Provides country-
based and international coordination for disease detection,
International Health Regulations (IHR) implementation and public health
emergency response; (2) leads the agency's efforts to address the
public health emergency continuum from prevention, to detection, to
response and finally through post-emergency health systems recovery;
(3) provides epidemic intelligence and response capacity for early
warning about international disease threats and coordinates with
partners throughout the U.S. government as well as international
partners to provide rapid response; (4) provides resources and assists
in developing country-level epidemiology, laboratory and other capacity
to ensure country emergency preparedness and response to outbreaks and
incidents of local importance as well as international importance; (5)
in coordination and communication with other CDC Centers, Institute, or
Offices (CI0s), leads CDC activities on global Non-Communicable
Disease; and (6) collaborates with other divisions in CDC, federal
agencies, international agencies, partner countries and non-
governmental organizations assisting ministries of health to build
public
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health capacity for addressing communicable diseases and Non-
Communicable Diseases (NCDs).
Office of the Director (CWL1): (1) Provides leadership, management
and oversight for all division activities; (2) develops the division's
overall strategy and division policies on planning, evaluation,
management and operations; (3) coordinates with CGH and the Office of
the Chief Financial Officer on budget and spending; (4) ensures that
CGH strategies are executed by the division and aligned with overall
CDC goals; (5) ensures that division activities in the field are well
coordinated with the CDC country office and support a ``one-CDC''
approach at the country level; (6) ensures scientific quality, ethics
and regulatory compliance; (7) evaluates strategies, focus and
prioritization of branch research, program and budget activities; (8)
coordinates division policy and communication activities including
liaise with other CDC policy and communications offices and those of
our partner agencies; (9) develops and promotes partnerships with both
national and international organizations, including other U.S.
government agencies, in support of division activities; (10) serves as
a liaison and coordinates with other CDC offices engaged in global
activities in communicable diseases and NCDs; (11) leads CDC NCD
strategic planning and prioritization and coordinates planning and
communication with external stakeholders around global NCDs; (12)
provides technical assistance, subject matter expertise and engages in
program development and implementation of select cross-cutting or
priority global NCD project areas; (13) provides CDC leadership on the
development of National Public Health Institutes (NPHI); (14) ensures
coordination of division's overall activities with subject matter
experts (SME) across CDC; and (15) fosters an integrated and
collaborative approach to research, program and policy activities.
Emergency Response and Recovery Branch (CWLB): (1) Coordinates,
supervises and monitors CDC's work in international emergency settings
and in refugee or displaced populations in collaboration with other
U.S. government agencies (Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and
Department of State), United Nations agencies and nongovernmental
organizations; (2) provides direct technical assistance to refugees,
internally displaced persons and emergency-affected populations in the
field, focusing on rapid health and nutrition assessments, public
health surveillance, assessment of public health threats and
prioritization of public health interventions, epidemic investigations,
communicable disease prevention and control and supports program
implementation and program evaluation; (3) develops and implements
operational research projects aimed at developing the most effective
public health interventions for populations in emergency settings; (4)
plans, implements, and evaluates training courses and workshops to help
strengthen CDC technical capacity in emergency and post-emergency
public health, as well as that of other U.S. government agencies,
international, non-governmental, other organizations and schools of
public health; (5) develops technical guidelines on public health
issues associated with international complex humanitarian emergencies;
(6) serves as the CDC liaison to maintain strong working relationships
with other international, bilateral and non-governmental relief
organizations involved with humanitarian emergencies; (7) supports
CDC's post-earthquake health systems reconstruction work in Haiti to
help achieve agency objectives in Haiti and Haiti's public health
legacy goals; (8) systematically applies the agency's skill set and
lessons learned from Haiti and elsewhere to aid in health systems
recovery after acute or protracted emergencies; and (9) leads CGH's
global water, sanitation and hygiene programs.
Field Epidemiology Training Program Branch (CWLC): (1) Leads the
agency in partnering with ministries of health to determine manpower
needs for capacity in surveillance, epidemiology and response and to
develop strategies to address those needs; (2) designs, implements and
evaluates short-course training and long-term career development
programs in field epidemiology and related disciplines for district,
regional and national health agencies; (3) plans, implements,
coordinates, supports and evaluates the Field Epidemiology Training
Programs (FETPs) in partnership with ministries of health and CDC
country offices; (4) provides consultation and promotes training in the
development, analysis, evaluation, improvement and use of surveillance
systems to provide data for evidence-based decision-making in health;
(5) implements and coordinates the training and capacity building needs
for specific programs such as high-impact diseases (HIV, TB, malaria),
NCDs, one health and laboratory capacity building in partnership with
ministries of health; (6) develops and promotes the use of competency-
based training materials in field epidemiology for use by FETPs and
other partners, CDC, academic programs and others; (7) maintains a
training material library and Web site while utilizing innovative
technologies to support training, investigation, surveillance and
response activities; (8) sustains international, regional and global
networks of FETP programs and graduates; (9) supports partner
ministries of health's systems strengthening efforts through provision
of technical assistance, including facilitating provision of assistance
from relevant subject matter expert programs across the agency; (10)
plans, directs, supports, implements and coordinates public health
leadership and management development and organizational excellence
effort; (11) serves as the World Health Organization Collaborating
Center for Global Public Health Workforce Development; and (12)
conducts the Sustainable Management Development Program.
Global Disease Detection Branch (CWLD): (1) Provides program
support, resources and technical assistance to the Global Disease
Detection (GDD) Centers around the world; (2) in collaboration and
coordination with CIO partners, supports and facilitates emerging
infectious disease detection and response, pandemic influenza
preparedness, zoonotic disease investigation, laboratory system
strengthening and biosafety, global health security and training in
field epidemiology through the GDD Centers; (3) leads and administers
CDC's GDD program through coordination with relevant implementing
programs across the agency; (4) provides leadership, guidance and
technical assistance support and resources for global infectious
disease surveillance, applied epidemiology and laboratory research and
response to emerging infectious disease threats through the GDD
Centers; (5) provides resources and assists in developing country-level
epidemiologic, laboratory, human and other capacity within GDD Centers
to ensure country emergency preparedness and response to outbreaks and
incidents of local and international interests; (6) facilitates work
throughout CDC with SMEs engaged and providing technical assistance to
GDD Center activities; (7) collaborates with other divisions and CIOs
to define and promote only good public health laboratory standards and
practices; (8) develops and conducts training, in collaboration with
SMEs and public and private sector laboratory organizations, to
facilitate timely transfer of newly emerging laboratory technology and
standards for laboratory practice; and (9) in collaboration with SMEs
and with public and private
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sector laboratory organizations, provides technical assistance,
consultation and training to GDD health centers and other international
partners to develop and maintain international public health
laboratories.
Global Health Security Branch (CWLE): (1) Serves as the WHO
Collaborating Center for Implementation of National IHR Surveillance
and Response Capacities; (2) provides leadership and coordination of
CDC 's relationships with WHO for IHR international capacity
development activities; (3) responsible for CDC's support to WHO's
Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy; (4)
supports the implementation of IHR and IDSR at the country level; (5)
assess, coordinates, implements and measures the effectiveness of
international public health preparedness activities in partnership with
WHO, ministries of health and United States Government (USG) security,
development, and disaster response agencies in the context of IHR; (6)
manages CDC's relationship and develops partnerships with U.S.
government security (National Security Staff (NSS), Department of
Defense, Department of State) and development agencies (USAID) engaged
in global health security activities; (7) leads in the development and
implementation of CDC's Global Health Strategic Goals for Global Health
Security (GHS); (8) ensures CDC's activities supported by Interagency
Global Health Security Partners align with CDC GHS goals and partner
country public health preparedness priorities and meet CDC 'S high
standard for quality and fiduciary responsibility; (9) serves as
principal point of coordination for USG interagency partners involved
in international disease surveillance and situational awareness
activities; (10) ensures CDC's interests are represented at NSS GHS
policy committees; (11) provides support, coordination and issues
management services to HHS Office of Global Affairs (OGA) for U.S.
government Global Health Security policy development activities; (12)
provides early warning on disease threats via CDC's event based
surveillance and other epidemic intelligence activities conducted in
partnership with U.S. government agencies, WHO, ministries of health,
other international, public health and security partners to assure
compliance with IHR; (13) serves as CDC's lead for supporting and
facilitating CDC's response to international outbreaks; (14) develops
and implements in coordination with other CDC CIOs and U.S. government
partners, information technology solutions for emergency preparedness
information management, surveillance and executive decision support to
enhance the effectiveness of public health emergency detection and
response around the globe; and (15) coordinates international aspects
of CDC's public health preparedness and emergency response activities
in collaboration with the Office of Public Health Preparedness and
Response, the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases, the National Center for Environmental Health and other CDC
organizational units involved in chemical, biological, radiological and
nuclear hazard preparedness and emergency response activities.
Delete in its entirety the title and function statements for the
Laboratory Systems Development Branch (CVLGG), Division of Preparedness
and Emerging (CVLG), National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic
Infectious Diseases (CVL).
Dated: November 26, 2013.
Sherri A. Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-29056 Filed 12-5-13; 8:45 am]
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