CDC Foundation Seeks Commitments from Cross-Sector Partners
ATLANTA, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Millions of Americans struggle with hunger including children. Millions more struggle with diet-related diseases?like heart disease and diabetes, some of the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. While the effects of hunger impact all Americans, the toll from hunger disproportionately impacts underserved communities, communities of color, low-income families and rural Americans. Today the CDC Foundation announced it is engaging in the White House's initiative to end hunger and increase healthy eating and physical activity by 2030 by working to identify cross-sector partners interested in making transformative commitments in support of the initiative.
In September 2022, the White House is hosting a Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health to catalyze the public and private sectors around a coordinated strategy to:
"All Americans deserve access to affordable and nutritious foods. We need to understand and address the root causes of hunger and structural and systemic inequities," said Judy Monroe, MD, president and CEO of the CDC Foundation. "Achieving this goal will require collective action. We must come together as a nation to help our communities and neighbors and find solutions to put an end to hunger."
Through the CDC Foundation's extensive and proven experience working with cross sector partners, the Foundation will collaborate with businesses, foundations, academic institutions, associations, health systems, individuals and community organizations to engage partners around one or more of the five pillars outlined by the White House.
These pillars to end hunger and increase healthy eating and physical activity include:
It's been more than 50 years since the first and only White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health. That pivotal event influenced the country's food policy agenda for the past half century.
For more information about the White House conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health please visit the conference website. If you are interested in learning more about making a transformative commitment to end hunger and improve health, please complete this form. These commitments may be recognized at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in September 2022.
About the CDC Foundation
The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC's critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1.6 billion and launched more than 1,200 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of CDC-led programs in the United States and in more than 160 countries last year. Learn more at www.cdcfoundation.org.
SOURCE CDC Foundation
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