Centers for Disease Control and Prevention facts for kids
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| Formed | October 27, 1992 |
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| Jurisdiction | Federal government of the United States |
| Headquarters | Druid Hills, Georgia |
| Employees | 15,000 |
| Annual budget | 8.8 billion USD (2008) |
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| Parent agency | United States Department of Health and Human Services |
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC) are a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services. CDC main office is in Druid Hills, a neighborhood in northeastern Atlanta, Georgia. It works to protect public health and safety. It provides information to enhance health decisions. It promotes health as a partner with state health departments and other organizations. When an infectious disease or bad food can cause health problems, the CDC will tell the nation how to fight it. The CDC works on environmental health, occupational safety and health, health promotion, injury prevention and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
Foundation
The CDC Foundation is separate from CDC as a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. It is incorporated in the State of Georgia. Section 399F of the Public Health Service Act created the foundation to help the CDC work with the private sector.
Images for kids
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The Communicable Disease Center moved to its current headquarters in 1960. Building 1 is pictured in 1963.
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CDC Building 17 in Atlanta, Georgia, as seen from Emory University
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David Sencer points to a depiction of Triatomine sp., which transmits Chagas disease
See also
In Spanish: Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades para niños
