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Issue title: Ensuring public health in insecure areas

Welcome to 2009′s second quarter Global Health E-Brief, designed to inform readers about key global health activities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Our second issue of the year highlights how CDC strives to improve public health in regions of turmoil. Civil unrest, political instability, and economic crises pose additional challenges to providing public health interventions in already complex environments. Despite these difficult and sometimes dangerous settings, CDC remains committed to helping improve the health of those most in need worldwide.

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