Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

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The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (or CCDC; 中国疾病预防控制中心) is an agency of the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China based in Beijing, China. It works to protect public health and safety by providing information to enhance health decisions, and it promotes health through partnerships with provincial health departments and other organizations. The CCDC focuses national attention on developing and applying disease prevention and control (especially infectious diseases), environmental health, occupational safety and health, health promotion, prevention and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the People's Republic of China.

[edit] External links

• Official website of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, English version

[edit] See also

• Similar Agencies: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC); Centre for Health Protection, Hong Kong; Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom; Institut de veille sanitaire, France; Public Health Agency of Canada
• Epidemic Intelligence Service