National Coalition of STD Directors

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Working with states and other partners, CDC provides a system of health surveillance to monitor and prevent disease outbreaks (including bioterrorism), implement disease prevention strategies, and maintain national health statistics. Provides for immunization services, workplace safety, and environmental disease prevention.   CDC also guards against international disease transmission, with personnel stationed in more than 25 foreign countries. The CDC director is also administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, which helps prevent exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Priorities List, and develops toxicological profiles of chemicals at these sites Established: 1946, as the Communicable Disease Center. Headquarters: Atlanta, Ga. Web site:

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• Employees -- 8,823
• Director -- Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H.
• FY 2007 Budget -- $6.0 billion

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National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP)

The National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) is responsible for public health surveillance, prevention research, and programs to prevent and control human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis (TB). Center staff work in collaboration with governmental and nongovernmental partners at community, State, national, and international levels, applying well-integrated multidisciplinary programs of research, surveillance, technical assistance, and evaluation.

The Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) conducts surveillance; epidemiologic, behavioral, and operations research; and program evaluation related to STDs, including syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, human papillomavirus, genital herpes, and hepatitis B; assists States and selected localities in reaching those at risk for infection with STDs; works to prevent infertility and pelvic inflammatory disease and its complications, which can include ectopic pregnancy, cancer, and fetal or infant death; and collaborates with other agencies and groups, particularly community-based organizations, to enhance STD prevention awareness. DSTDP also supports programs in developing countries for surveillance, research, and prevention.

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