Describe some of the public health activities of the U.S. Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention.

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Describe some of the public health activities of the U.S. Centers
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The national public health institute which is fully funded by the United State (US) government is known as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It was formed on 1 July 1946. The main goal of CDC is to prevent and control the health of the public from injury, disease, or any disability. CDC not only work in the US but it provides its services all over the work. 

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Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading public health agency that works in the US and all over the world. It helps to keep control on outbreaks of disease, give security of food and water to the public, prevent the fatal disease like cancer, stroke, diabetes, and reduce the infection threat from the nation. 

Some of the public health activities which are done by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are:

  • They detect and identify new and leading threats of health so that people will not suffer from that and they can prevent them.
  • The four biggest health threats in today's time are heart disease, stroke, cancer, and diabetes which cause death. CDC is working against deadly diseases and inform people by launching a program named National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS).   
  • CDC using advanced science technologies to prevent disease before people get affected by them. 
  • They are providing proper and perfect training to the public health workforce and leader so that they can detect the disease properly and provide accurate treatment. 
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