Global Disease Detection Operations Center: Response and Deployments
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Rapid responses to disease events are important to minimize the impact of an outbreak. To ensure that there is no delay in CDC’s response to requests for international outbreak assistance because funds may not be readily available, the GDD Operations Center provides immediate funding access to CDC programs through a contingency fund. The contingency fund is of particular value when a CDC program, because of fiscal constraints, would not be able to deploy experts to the country, or when there is large outbreak to which CDC must respond and for which funding will eventually be identified.
Response and Deployments by Year
In 2016, the Outbreak Response Contingency Fund supported the majority of CDC’s responses to international outbreaks, including the deployment of CDC experts to 7 countries to respond to 9 outbreaks.
| Outbreak | Country |
|---|---|
| Yellow Fever | Angola and DRC |
| Yellow Fever | Uganda |
| Malaria | Angola |
| Cholera | DRC |
| Sepsis | Peru |
| Rift Valley Fever | Uganda |
| Zika | Brazil |
| Cholera | Tanzania |
| Spastic Parapesis | Zambia |
In 2015, the Outbreak Response Contingency Fund supported the majority of CDC’s responses to international outbreaks, including the deployment of CDC experts to 10 countries to respond to 11 outbreaks.
| Outbreak | Country |
|---|---|
| Nodding Syndrome | Uganda |
| Typhoid | Uganda |
| Toxin | Mozambique |
| Botulism | Ethiopia |
| Meningitis | Niger |
| MERS-CoV | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
| MERS-CoV | Republic of Korea |
| Cholera | Kenya |
| Cholera | Tanzania |
| Guillain-Barré Syndrome | Brazil |
| Dengue | Dominican Republic |
| Histoplasmosis | Dominican Republic |
| Hepatitis C | Singapore |
In 2014, the Outbreak Response Contingency Fund supported the majority of CDC’s responses to international outbreaks, including the deployment of CDC experts to 14 countries to respond to 14 outbreaks.
| Outbreak | Country |
|---|---|
| Chikungunya | Dominican Republic |
| Chronic Lung Disease | Malawi |
| Ebola | Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone |
| Guillain-Barré Syndrome | Fiji |
| Melioidosis | Federated States of Micronesia |
| MERS-CoV | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
| MERS-CoV | Qatar |
| MERS-CoV | United Arab Emirates |
| Measles | Federated States of Micronesia |
| Nodding Syndrome | Uganda |
| Plague | Madagascar |
| Salmonella (Drug-resistant) | Kenya |
| Sarcocystosis | Malaysia |
In 2013, the Outbreak Response Contingency Fund supported the majority of CDC’s responses to international outbreaks, including the deployment of CDC experts to 15 countries to respond to 17 outbreaks.
| Outbreak | Country |
|---|---|
| Chikungunya | Federated States of Micronesia |
| Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever | Uganda |
| Dengue | Angola |
| Dengue | Kenya |
| Dengue | Tanzania |
| H5N1 | Cambodia |
| Legionellosis | Mexico |
| Meningitis | Ghana |
| Meningitis | Ethiopia |
| MERS-CoV | Jordan |
| MERS-CoV | Qatar |
| Monkeypox | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Nodding Syndrome | Uganda |
| Novel Orthopoxvirus | Republic of Georgia |
| Plant Alkaloid Induced Liver Disease | Ethiopia |
| Rabies | Taiwan |
| Unexplained Severe Illness in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit | Panama |
Map showing highlighted countries that Global Disease Detection Operations Center contingency fund supported the outbreak investigations between 2010-13. The investigations were led by CDC’s Center for Global Health, the National Center of Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases and the National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases.
- Page last reviewed: July 3, 2017
- Page last updated: July 3, 2017
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