Infants and Toddlers, ages 0-3
Start Strong
Increase the number of infants and toddlers that have a strong start for healthy & safe lives.
All people, and especially those at greater risk of health disparities, will achieve their optimal lifespan with the best possible quality of health in every stage of life.
Objectives
- Promote healthy pregnancy and birth outcomes.
- Promote social and physical environments that support the health, safety, and development of infants and toddlers.
- Promote optimal development among infants and toddlers.
- Increase early identification, tracking, and follow up of infants and toddlers with special health care and developmental needs.
- Prevent infectious diseases and their consequences among infants and toddlers.
- Prevent injury and violence and their consequences among infants and toddlers.
- Promote access to and receipt of quality, comprehensive, pediatric health services, including dental services, by infants and toddlers.
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Contact Us:
- Office of Strategy and Innovation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd
Atlanta, GA 30333
MS:D-28 - OSI Phone
(404) 639-0210
OSI Fax
(404) 639-5172
- OSIweb@cdc.gov