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10 Things Every Health Official Should Know Video
Watch this new video of CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, as he shares 10 things every health official should know.
To most effectively work together, it's important for public health professionals to understand how the public health system functions and operates.
- About CDCLearn more about CDC's organizational structure and access factsheets and leadership bios.
- About OSTLTSLearn about the office formed specifically to support state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) health agencies and check out some of Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Supports' programs, initiatives, and communication products.
- Health Agency ProfilesUse these profiles of national, state, tribal, local, and territorial health agencies to increase your knowledge of the public health system.
- National Strategies and InitiativesCheck out this list of national health initiatives, strategies, action plans, and guidelines intended to inform, enhance, and guide public health efforts across the U.S.
- PartnershipsSee some of the work being done through cooperative agreements between OSTLTS and CDC partners to benefit STLT health agency staff.
- PolicyAccess legislation, regulations, policies, and other resources from CDC's policy-related offices and other national policy organizations..
- Public Health LawLearn how CDC's Public Health Law Program works to improve the health by developing law-related tools and providing legal technical assistance to public health practitioners and policy makers in STLT jurisdictions.
- Tribal SupportLearn more about CDC's work as the primary link between the Department of Health and Human Services, CDC/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and Tribal governments.
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