CDC Around the World: Hypertension

	Feb. 26, 2015 Connect with us: IN THIS MESSAGE: PHOTO OF THE WEEK CDC helped launch China's first comprehensive salt reduction project in 2011. View full-sized photo Spotlighted Topic of the Week: Hypertension CDC Ebola Updates In the News On the Calendar   Spotlighted Topic of the Week: Hypertension Blog of the Week MY JOURNEY INTO GLOBAL HEALTH: DR. PRAGNA PATEL As a young girl growing up in New York City, I would often help out at my father’s pediatric clinic in an indigent neighborhood of the Bronx.  My father was a caring and compassionate doctor whom I truly admired and wanted emulate by providing a service to society in a meaningful way.  At that time, I never imagined that I would follow in his footsteps and become a physician. Taking the road less travelled, joining the US Public Health Service (USPHS) and working with CDC has been a circuitous, but rewarding experience and well worth the journey…read blog Infographic of the Week THE GLOBAL PROBLEM OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE View full-sized infographic Video of the Week HYPERTENSION: KNOW YOUR NUMBERS 1 in 3 adults suffer from hypertension. 1 in 3 adults with hypertension do not know they have this disease…watch video Story of the Week REDUCING SODIUM INTAKE: MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN SHANDONG, CHINA, AND PHILADELPHIA The global burden of deaths due to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) such as heart disease and stroke has become a global public health crisis. CVD is among the top three causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. High sodium intake is a leading contributor to hypertension, which accounts for nearly 50% of CVD globally.  Reducing sodium intake is therefore both a domestic and global public health priority…read story CDC Ebola Updates Latest Outbreak Info The World Health Organization has reported 23,729 cases of Ebola and 9,604 deaths worldwide…read more Q & A on Ebola Key Messages for Safe School Operations in Countries with Outbreaks of Ebola More resources on the CDC Ebola website >> In the News What's Working: Public Health Progress Since the Haiti 2010 Earthquake Huffington Post February 23, 2015 Stopping Ebola by Land, Water and Air Huffington Post February 18, 2015 Rapid Detection and Response Are Essential to Stopping Ebola Huffington Post February 18, 2015 The measles outbreaks that matter the most aren't happening here LA Times February 10, 2015 Dr. Tom Frieden: Vaccines Can Prevent Measles From Being a Disease of the Future Time February 4, 2015 Measles Is A Killer: It Took 145,000 Lives Worldwide Last Year NPR January 30, 2015 CDC Team Visits Grand Cape Mount County in Liberia The New Dawn January 28, 2015 On the Calendar March 3: World Birth Defects Day March 8: International Women's Day March 10: World Kidney Day March 16-22: World Salt Awareness Week March 21: World Down Syndrome Day March 22: World Water Day March 24: World TB Day March 26: Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness