guide CDC’s infectious disease activities, the document is also designed to guide
collective public health action at a time of resource constraints and difficult
decisions, while advancing opportunities to improve the nation’s health through
new ideas, partnerships, technical innovations, validated tools, and evidence ‐
based policies. The ID Framework outlines three critical elements in these
efforts: strong public health fundamentals, including infectious disease
surveillance, laboratory detection, and epidemiologic investigation; high ‐ impact
interventions; and sound health policies. The document also describes priority
activities for achieving these essential components of public health, highlighting
opportunities afforded through scientific and technological innovations, new
partnerships, and the changing U.S. public health and healthcare systems.”Centers for Disease Control. (2012). Cephalosporin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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Centers for Disease Control. (2013). Antibiotic resistance threats in the United States,
2013. CDC. http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/threat-report-2013/index.html
- “This report, Antibiotic resistance threats in the United States, 2013 gives a first-
ever snapshot of the burden and threats posed by the antibiotic-resistant germs
having the most impact on human health. Each year in the United States, at least
2 million people become infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics
and at least 23,000 people die each year as a direct result of these infections.
Many more people die from other conditions that were complicated by an
antibiotic-resistant infection. Antibiotic-resistant infections can happen
anywhere. Data show that most happen in the general community; however, most
deaths related to antibiotic resistance happen in healthcare settings such as
hospitals and nursing homes.”
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http://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/factsheets/statistics/tbtrends-2014.pdf