The Lancet
Apr 28, 2012  Volume 379  Number 9826  p1561 – 1676
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

Correspondence
In support of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jeffrey P Koplan, James Curran, Haile Debas, Carlos del Rio, Lawrence O Gostin, Gerald T Keusch, Judith N Wasserheit
Preview
Richard Horton (March 3, p 788)1 harshly criticises the structure and performance of the Center for Global Health (CGH) at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He offers no evidence in support of his criticism, but instead uses anonymous statements that are unacceptable in impartial investigative journalism. This particularly concerns us because, as a leading medical journal, The Lancet should publish the most rigorous, evidence-based reports.

In support of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Preview
I welcome the opportunity to describe our close partnership with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).1 A paragon of scientific excellence in public health, CDC’s scientific approach to health promotion, disease prevention, and emergency preparedness is a model my Ministry aspires towards. To bolster reform and expansion efforts,2 we continue to look to CDC’s well established institutional organisation and management structure to improve our surveillance and response systems. For decades, CDC has supported our responses to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, meningitis, rabies, dracunculiasis, smallpox, poliomyelitis, and public health emergencies.

In support of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mirta Roses Periago
Preview
I am surprised by Richard Horton’s Offline piece,1 which criticises the global health efforts of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), largely on the basis of anonymous correspondence from disgruntled CDC employees.

In support of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Marek Ma