<P> The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading national public health institute of the United States . The CDC is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia . </P> <P> Its main goal is to protect public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability in the US and internationally . The CDC focuses national attention on developing and applying disease control and prevention . It especially focuses its attention on infectious disease, food borne pathogens, environmental health, occupational safety and health, health promotion, injury prevention and educational activities designed to improve the health of United States citizens . In addition, the CDC researches and provides information on non-infectious diseases such as obesity and diabetes and is a founding member of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes . </P> <P> The Communicable Disease Center was founded July 1, 1946, as the successor to the World War II Malaria Control in War Areas program of the Office of National Defense Malaria Control Activities . </P> <P> Preceding its founding, organizations with global influence in malaria control were the Malaria Commission of the League of Nations and the Rockefeller Foundation . The Rockefeller Foundation greatly supported malaria control, sought to have the governments take over some of its efforts, and collaborated with the agency . </P>

When was the center for disease control created