International Adoption: Health Guidance and the Immigration Process
Links to Other Important International Adoption Resources
CDC Web Resources
- International travel with infants and children
- Healthy travel for international adoptions
- Podcasts on healthy travel for international adoptions
- Blood lead levels in international adoptees
- CDC’s role in the waiver process
- Medical examination process
- Vaccines for international adoptions
Resources Outside CDC
- State Department information on the international adoption process
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Academy of Pediatrics information on pediatricians who specialize in international adoptions [PDF - 24 pages]
- Department of Health and Human Services information on adoption
- United States Citizenship and Immigration Services information on adoptions
For More Information
To learn more about CDC’s role in international adoptions, please contact:
Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health Branch
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, NE, MS E-03
Atlanta, Georgia, USA 30333
CDC INFO: 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)
TTY: 1-888-232-6348
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