MEDICINE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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FDA
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CDC
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WHO
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UNESCO
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Detailed explanation-1: -As the nation’s health protection agency, CDC saves lives and protects people from health threats. To accomplish our mission, CDC conducts critical science and provides health information that protects our nation against expensive and dangerous health threats, and responds when these arise.
Detailed explanation-2: -Our job is to prevent, detect, and respond to diseases wherever they are so that diseases don’t come into the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Finally, in October 1992, Congress changed CDC’s official name to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to recognize CDC’s leadership role in prevention. Today, CDC is both the nation’s prevention agency and a global leader in public health.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1947, CDC made a token payment of $10 to Emory University for 15 acres of land on Clifton Road in Atlanta that now serves as CDC headquarters.
Detailed explanation-5: -The ID Framework outlines three critical elements in these efforts: strong public health fundamentals, including infectious disease surveillance, laboratory detection, and epidemiologic investigation; high-impact interventions; and sound health policies.