Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (CDC)

A Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (CDC) is a Public Health Agency that is focused on developing and applying control and prevention measures for diseases that can potentially spread worldwide.

• Context:
  • Website: https://www.cdc.gov
  • It is (typically) focuses on health promotion, environmental health, occupational safety and health as well as control and prevention of infectious diseases, foodborne pathogens, injuries.
• Example(s):
  • CDC Washington Office,
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • European Medicines Agency (EMA),
  • United States Food And Drug Administration (FDA),
  • World Health Organization (WHO).
• See: International Association of National Public Health Institutes, United States Secretary of Health And Human Services, Federal Government of The United States, United States Department of Health And Human Services, National Public Health Institutes, Federal Agencies of The United States, Public Health, Disability.

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References

2022a

• (CDC, 2022) ⇒ https://www.cdc.gov/about/organization/mission.htm Retrieved:2022-3-19.
  • QUOTE: CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same.

2022b

• (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention Retrieved:2022-3-13.
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The agency's main goal is the protection of public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability in the US and worldwide. The CDC focuses national attention on developing and applying disease control and prevention. It especially focuses its attention on infectious disease, food borne pathogens, environmental health, occupational safety and health, health promotion, injury prevention and educational activities designed to improve the health of United States citizens. The CDC also conducts research and provides information on non-infectious diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, and is a founding member of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes. The current Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is Rochelle Walensky. The Director reports to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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