CDC’s National Funding Strategy Strengthens Capacity to Respond to Domestic Infectious Disease Threats As Americans are increasingly affected by infections emerging anywhere in the world, finding and stopping emergent infectious diseases is essential to protecting public health and saving lives. The Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) for Infectious Diseases Cooperative Agreement is CDC’s national funding strategy for combatting domestic infectious disease threats. This crucial CDC investment helps fund epidemiologists, support surveillance systems, modernize laboratory facilities, and develop integrated, nimble information networks at local and state levels. Publication date from document properties. 2017-elc-fact-sheet.pdf

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