Health Agency Honors Mary Harvey for Work in Africa
FrontLines - September 2009
Mary Harvey
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Mary Harvey has been awarded the Partners in Public Health Improvement award from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for her work in helping African countries to detect and confirm public health emergencies in time to take action.
Harvey, a USAID public health officer, was recognized for her “steadfast and reliable commitment” to create and implement
public health surveillance strategies and for her coordination with U.S. government agencies, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, and African ministries of health.
Since 1998, the Agency has invested $15 million in the effort known as Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response. The partnership between USAID, the CDC, and the World Health Organization has produced not only public health surveillance, but implemented training for outbreak response, disease monitoring, laboratory enhancements,
and program evaluation. By the end of 2008, 43 of the 46 countries in the program had assessed their infectious disease surveillance systems, adapted technical guidelines, and conducted training in at least 60 percent of their districts.
As part of her nomination, the CDC called Harvey “a passionate
advocate and visionary champion of CDC and WHO partnership efforts to alleviate the impact of infectious diseases on African communities. She has forged technical and funding partnerships with other CDC programs
for control and prevention of cholera, meningococcal meningitis,
pandemic influenza, and yellow fever, linking them with national ministries and their local and international partners.”
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