US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Office of Epidemiology & Health Promotion
350 Capitol Street • Room 206 • Charleston, WV 25301-3715
Phone: (304) 558-0644 Fax: (304) 558-1553

Health Tip of the day

Exercise and daily physical activity can help you lose weight, maintain good health and fitness and control your asthma. Being active will also help strengthen your lungs, heart and muscles.

Mission

The mission of the Office of Epidemiology and Health Promotion (OEHP) is to ensure healthier communities across West Virginia through promoting healthier lifestyles, managing health information, and decreasing disease, injury, disability, and premature death.

US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially for those people who are least able to help themselves. Since it was founded in 1946 to help control malaria, CDC has remained at the forefront of public health efforts to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities, and environmental health threats. CDC is the major funding entity for OEHP funding programs such as tobacco prevention, HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular health, diabetes, injury prevention, surveillance and disease control, cancer prevention, etc.