CDC's mission is "to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability." That mission covers a lot of ground and many different areas of public health. Some of our activities may be more familiar, such as our disease investigations, while other activities may be less well known, such as our day to day technical assistance to state and local public health departments. Addressing everything from AIDS to yellow fever, CDC's scientists, nurses, statisticians, nutritionists, doctors, industrial hygienists, laboratorians, veterinarians, information technology specialists, policy analysts, and others are working together for healthy people in every stage of life.
To help provide a better idea of what CDC's staff do every day to ensure healthy people in a healthy world, we have prepared these short accounts of CDC at Work. Each one is a snapshot of a specific CDC activity and how CDC is making an impact on health at the national, community and/or individual level.
CDC at Work
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Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities
- Improving Child Health with Early Hearing Detection & Intervention
- Improving Early Detection and Diagnosis of Autism
Chronic Diseases
- Addressing High Infant Mortality Rates Among African Americans
- Program Inspires Thousands to Walk for Health
- Promoting Physical Activity and Nutrition in an American Indian Community
- REACHing Hispanics in New Mexico with Diabetes Education
- Supporting Michigan Schools to Promote Healthier Youth
Emergency Preparedness & Response
Environmental Health
- Beginning to Discover the Causes of Childhood Leukemia
- Developing a Faster Method for Measuring Botulinum Toxin in People
- Disposing of Chemical Weapons Safely
- Environmental Health Lab and International Collaboration Save Lives in Panama
- Investigating Hydrogen Sulfide Exposures in Illinois
- Investigating Mercury Exposure at a Day Care Center
- Routine Surveillance Prevents Disease, Saves Agricultural Resources
Global Health
- An Earthquake, a Tropical Storm, and an Emerging Virus in Yap
- Plague: Helping Uganda & Preparing the U.S. for Public Health Threats
- Safe Water School Interventions in Kenya Save Lives
Health Communication
Infectious Diseases
- Building Capacity to Fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Guatemala
- Controlling a Tuberculosis Outbreak in Connecticut
- Ensuring Healthy Swimming for Generations to Come
- Investigating a Pertussis Outbreak in Mississippi
- Investigating an Unexplained Pneumonia Outbreak in Rhode Island
- Investigating a Salmonella Outbreak in Pennsylvania
- Pioneering Innovations in Early Infant HIV Diagnosis in Botswana
- Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections
- Reducing Bloodstream Infections in Patients Receiving Infusion Therapy
- Working with Partners Around the World to Make Rabies History
Influenza
- Community-Based Surveillance Helps Fight Bird Flu in Vietnam
- Needs Assessment and Response for Flu Outbreaks in Poultry
Injury Prevention & Control
- CDCs Choose Respect Initiative Partners with WNBA
- Helping Coaches Prevent, Recognize, and Manage Concussions
- Making Alcohol Screening and Intervention Common Practice
- Preventing Injuries with the Meals on Wheels Association of America
Occupational Safety & Health
- Protecting Responders In Methamphetamine Lab Investigations
- Reducing Deck Hazards on Commercial Fishing Vessels
Public Health Data & Statistics
Public Health Informatics
- Page last reviewed: March 31, 2009
- Page last updated: March 31, 2009
- Content source: CDC Washington
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