Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Infectious Diseases Snapshot 2008

• Publisher: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Pages: 68
• Language: en

Description:... The axis of CDC's efforts toward prevention, detection, and control of infectious diseases is the Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases. CCID comprises four national centers with unique and complementary missions and capacities. CCID collectively envisions a world safe from infectious diseases and microbial threats, both naturally occurring and those that are intentionally spread. This document provides a snapshot of CCID's budget and highlights many of the policies, programs, and collaborative activities that were undertaken in 2008 to advance CDC's public health mission.