Center for Disease Control



Center for Disease Control

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Logo of the CDC
Logo of the CDC
Agency overview
FormedJuly 1, 1946
HeadquartersDeKalb County, Georgia
Employees15,000
Annual Budget$8.8 billion USD (2008)
Website
http://www.cdc.gov

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services based in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States adjacent to the campus of Emory University and east of downtown Atlanta. It works to protect public health and safety by providing information to enhance health decisions, and it promotes health through partnerships with state health departments and other organizations. The CDC focuses national attention on developing and applying disease prevention and control (especially infectious diseases), environmental health, occupational safety and health, health promotion, prevention and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.



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