# Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Organization · id `core:cdc` · Maternal & Newborn Atlas · release `c7fb95f1d15a7d13` (public)

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Also called: CDC

## In plain language

A United States government agency whose work is to protect people's health, including by preventing disease and injury and by getting ready for new health threats.

## Technical summary

ROR 042twtr12 gives the types funder and government, the acronym CDC and the country United States. USAGov lists the agency among the departments and agencies of the US government and describes its work, which the plain summary restates in other words. This identity states nothing about any CDC campaign, guidance, survey or data set.

## Connected pages

- Related to: Warning signs after birth (`maternal:postpartum-warning-signs`)
- Authored: CDC 2010: use of WHO and CDC growth charts for children aged 0-59 months in the United States (`maternal:guideline-cdc-2010-growth-charts`)
- Related to: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) (`maternal:prams`)

## Provenance

Content hash: e4c1337f6fb224d4d9b2fc186542b9ca1dbb37681a611f91336afc8031d09824
Last substantive edit: 2026-10-14
Evidence last checked: 2026-10-14