CDC gives $6.8M to public health partners to fight Zika

Eleven public health organizations will split $6.8 million from the CDC to help their Zika virus responses, according to a Wednesday announcement from the federal agency.

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The organizations will use the money to fund various Zika-fighting activities, like surveillance and epidemiology, mosquito control and communication and outreach to pregnant women, other at-risk populations and the general public.

In alphabetical order, the 11 organizations that received funding are:

  • American College of Preventive Medicine
  • American Public Health Association
  • Asian & Pacific Islanders American Health Forum
  • Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
  • Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologist
  • March of Dimes Foundation
  • National Association of Community Health Centers
  • National Association of County and City Health Officials
  • National Indian Health Board
  • National Network of Public Health Institutes
  • Task Force for Global Health

To date, the CDC has given more than $100 million to states, cities and territories to fight Zika virus, which continues to proliferate in the U.S. and its territories.

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