Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention logo
Logo of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Agency overview
Formed1 July 1946
Preceding agencies
  • Office of National Defense Malaria Control Activities (1942)
  • Office of Malaria Control in War Areas (1942–46)
  • Communicable Disease Center (1946–67)
  • National Communicable Disease Center (1967–70)
  • Center for Disease Control (1970–80)
  • Centers for Disease Control (1980–92)
JurisdictionFederal Government of the United States
HeadquartersAtlanta, Georgia, U.S.
33°47′58″N 84°19′42″W / 33.79944°N 84.32833°W / 33.79944; -84.32833
Employees11,814 Edit this on Wikidata[1]
Annual budgetUS$11.581 billion (FY24)
Agency executives
Parent agencyUnited States Department of Health and Human Services
Websitewww.cdc.gov Edit this at Wikidata

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.[2][3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

The CDC's current Director is Mandy Cohen who assumed office on July 10, 2023.[6]

  1. ^ "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Salary Statistics". federalpay.org. Retrieved July 4, 2019. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had 10,899 employees in 2015 ...
  2. ^ "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention". United States Department of Health and Human Services. October 4, 2019. Archived from the original on April 10, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. ^ Niesse, Mark. "City of Atlanta's expansion to Emory and CDC approved". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  4. ^ "Mission, Role and Pledge". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. April 14, 2014. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017.
  5. ^ "Home: CDC". cdc.gov. Retrieved November 19, 2008.
  6. ^ "Director". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. July 1, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023.