Winnable Battles Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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• Alternative Title:
  CDC’s winnable battles
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Director.
• Description:
  “Winnable battles” describe public health priorities where CDC and public health can make significant progress in a relatively short
  
  timeframe – generally within one to four years. To date, CDC has identified the following domestic Winnable Battles with a substantial
  
  focus on prevention in the following areas:
  
  • Healthcare-associated infections
  
  • HIV
  
  • Motor vehicle injuries
  
  • Nutrition, physical activity, obesity and food safety
  
  • Teen pregnancy
  
  • Tobacco
  
  CDC also has made a commitment to prevention around the world with the following global Winnable Battles:
  
  • Mother-to-child transmission of HIV and congenital syphilis globally
  
  • Global immunization, including polio eradication
  
  • Lymphatic filariasis in the Americas
  
  wb_general_faqs.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Traffic / Prevention & Control Automobile Driving / Standards Cross Infection / Prevention & Control Food Safety Health Promotion Healthy People Programs HIV Infections / Prevention & Control Obesity / Prevention & Control Physical Fitness Pregnancy In Adolescence / Prevention & Control Program Evaluation Public Health Safety Tobacco Use Cessation

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• Document Type:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:68a967b3aeada09710c76a20541417561447014d91013630ee324f7969c758554947729af770a3ab75649c838bc9d793a3d6a6837e78ed6ea7a3f8382693c32c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/36934/cdc_36934_DS1.pdf
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