ERRB: Partners

CDC’s Emergency Response and Recovery Branch (ERRB) responds to requests for technical assistance and support from partner organizations. ERRB’s primary partners for emergency responses include the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO), and many nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). We work with a variety of partners, including but not limited to those listed below. In collaboration with partner organizations, we act as health coordinators for displaced populations, conduct emergency needs assessments, establish surveillance systems, and plan public health programs.

CDC Partners

• Center for Global Health
• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Heath Promotion
• National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease
• National Center for Environmental Health
• National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
• Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response
• Personnel in CDC country offices, Global Disease Detection centers, and Field Epidemiology Training Programs

Other U.S. Government Partners

• Department of Defense
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Department of Homeland Security
• Department of State, especially Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
• US Agency for International Development, especially Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance

Foreign Government Partners

• Ministries of Defense, Education, Health, Foreign Affairs, Social Protection, Social Services
• Government aid agencies
• European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO)

United Nations Agencies

• UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
• United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
• World Food Programme (WFP)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

International, Non-Governmental and Community-Based Organizations

• Action Against Hunger (ACF)
• International Committee of the Red Cross
• International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• Antares Foundation
• Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS)
• CDC Foundation
• iMMAP
• International Medical Corps
• International Organization for Migration
• International Rescue Committee
• InterWorks
• Landmine Survivors Network
• Medécins sans Frontières – International
• Médicos del Mundo
• Norwegian Refugee Council
• Save the Children

Academic and Research Institutions

• Anglia Ruskin University
• Columbia University
• Emory University
• George Washington University
• Georgetown University
• Georgia Tech University
• Harvard University
• Karolinska Institutet
• Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Tulane University
• University of Toronto
• University of Washington

Networks

• Global Health Security Initiative
• Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network