The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the United States federal public health agency responsible for disease surveillance, prevention and control. It began operating on July 1, 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center, a small Atlanta-based successor to the wartime Malaria Control in War Areas program, with an initial staff of 369 devoted mainly to mosquito control against malaria. Atlanta was chosen because malaria was endemic in the American South; the agency was renamed Centers for Disease Control in 1970 and gained its present name in 1992. This atlas records what the historical record supports and is not medical advice.
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Founding YearFounded July 1, 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center, successor to the wartime Malaria Control in War Areas program; renamed Centers for Disease Control in 1970 and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1992, though CDC remains the retained abbreviation. Connections
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The founding and ongoing core mandate of the CDC is disease surveillance and epidemiological control.
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