Public Health Then and Now: Celebrating 50 Years of MMWR at CDC : Foreword

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Supplement
• Personal Author:
  Frieden, Thomas R.
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Alexander Langmuir became the first Chief Epidemiologist at CDC (then called the Communicable Disease Center) in 1949. One of his many enduring contributions to the agency and to public health was to engineer the transfer in 1961 of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from its former home at the National Office of Vital Statistics to CDC. This supplement to MMWR celebrates the anniversary of its arrival at CDC and the 50‐year contribution it has made to CDC and public health. Langmuir had the foresight to envision the revitalization of the decades‐old publication, not only to enable CDC to share its work with the nation, but also to influence the practice and impact of public health throughout the world. This supplement celebrates MMWR through perspectives on how public health has changed during the past 50 years. Articles in this issue reflect on how the focus of public health has expanded from communicable disease to also include a broad array of acute and chronic public health challenges.
  
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• Subjects:
  CDC / History CDC / MMWR-History Epidemiology / History History, 20th Century History, 21st Century MMWR-History Periodicals As Topic / History Population Surveillance Public Health / History Public Health Surveillance
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Supplement, 2011; v.60, p. 1 (3 pdf pages)
• Series:
  Supplements: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  2380-8950 (print) ; 2380-8942 (digital)
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ; Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Genre:
  Historical Article ; Introductory Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  p. 1 (3 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  60
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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