Shared Vision
The NCEH/ATSDR Vision
As environmental public health professionals, we seek to identify and prevent health conditions that may be caused by people’s interactions with and exposures to their environment. We also seek to promote health by improving the environments in which people live. Jointly CDC/ATSDR can comprise the national and global resource for environmental public health expertise, information, and training. The NCEH and ATSDR shared vision is to jointly:- Form the core of the national and international resource for improving the practice of environmental public health.
- Create a seamless approach, and complement each other’s expertise, to address environmental public health threats.
- Serve as a convener of all relevant parties with the aim of unifying environmental public health.
- Provide the science, service, and leadership needed to further improve the health of the people we serve.
- Page last reviewed: December 1, 2008
- Page last updated: January 7, 2009
- Content source: National Center for Environmental Health
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