Advancing Science and Health Equity

At a glance

The 2022-2027 ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Strategic Plan advances science and health equity and affirms the agency’s commitment to one unified vision— equitably protecting health, safety, and security. The plan continues to leverage 5 core capabilities of the agency, reflecting our commitment to equity and diversity and lifting up where we have invested through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pledge to the American People

Our work is underscored by the agency’s Pledge to the American People and dedication to use timely data and science to drive and communicate customer-centered, high-impact public health action.

Vision

Equitably protecting health, safety & security

Core Capabilities

  • A diverse public health workforce ensures we have the capacity to address complex diseases and swiftly respond to new threats. To accomplish our vision, ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø needs to maintain and build a highly trained, cutting edge, and flexible scientific and programmatic workforce that reflects the communities in which it serves, and support the development of such a workforce at every level of government in the U.S. A diverse, multi-disciplinary workforce will create more inclusive and accessible climates, policies, and practices for broader public health impact.
  • Develop and deploy world-class data and analytics, to promote seamless reporting of clinical laboratory data and other essential data to public health; ensure interoperability among core public health surveillance systems; enable secure bi-directional data sharing and exchange; and support cross-cutting upgrades, advanced analytics, and shared services. As a strategic asset, public health data systems and the data ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø collects should be connected, resilient, adaptable, and sustainable. These systems and assets should be managed with continuous upgrading, integration, and deployment. Through real-time monitoring, modeling and outbreak analytics, ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø transforms data to public health action and supports decision makers who need information to mitigate the effects of disease threats, such as social and economic disruption.
  • As the reference laboratory for the world, ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø must ensure that its laboratories are at the state-of-the-art in science, quality, and safety.  ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø is a world leader in laboratory science, which is essential for ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's work. ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø, working with partner public health laboratories, must have sufficient capability and capacity to guide public health actions with extensive and reliable scientific information.
  • Quickly respond to outbreaks at their source, both domestic and abroad. ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's foremost responsibility is to respond to outbreaks, which are becoming ever more complex and frequent, to protect health, save lives, and protect livelihoods. The world counts on ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø to implement appropriate, equitable, and immediate early interventions and prevention strategies, which could prevent an aggressive outbreak from becoming an epidemic and prevent an epidemic in a country or region from developing into a worldwide pandemic.
  • Build on the current foundation for strong global health capacity and domestic preparedness. State, local, and community expertise and a strategic global footprint refocused to the highest-risk regions of the world will help ensure an adaptable, resilient, better coordinated system, and better prepared countries that can address disease threats at their source.