Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

http://www.cdc.gov

800-232-4636

Anyone seeking information on health

Collaborating to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health – through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats; is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting public health activities in the U.S.

• Monitors health, detects and investigates health problems
• Conducts research to enhance prevention and implements prevention strategies
• Develops and advocates sound public health policies
• Promotes healthy behaviors and fosters safe and healthful environments
• Provides leadership and training.
• Cancer Survivorship - CDC works with public, non-profit, and private partners to create and implement strategies to help the millions of people in the U. S. who live with, through, and beyond cancer.