Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection

Responding to foodborne and diarrheal disease outbreaks—better, quicker detection and response -- Understanding and tracking foodborne pathogens and infections—improve scientific information -- Making water safer in the United States—through water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) expertise -- Saving lives and reducing water-, sanitation-, and hygiene-related illness internationally—through Global WASH expertise – Preventing and controlling fungal infections—in the United States and around the globe -- Treating cholera in Haiti—providing direction and resources.

We protect public health nationally and internationally through the prevention and control of disease, disability, and death caused by foodborne, waterborne, and environmentally transmitted infections