page_title: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
section_title: Areas of focus
hierarchical_section_title: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Areas of focus
caption_attribution_description: English: Standing left to right, this 1966 image showed Dr. Donald A. Henderson, Dr. J. Donald Millar, Dr. John J. Witte, and, Dr. Leo Morris, standing in one of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) former offices discussing what may have been epidemiologic findings related to the eradication of smallpox, an effort in which the CDC was integrally involved at the time. Dr. Donald A. Henderson, headed the international effort during the 1960s to eradicate smallpox. Dr. J. Donald Millar, was the former Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) from 1981 through 1993 From 1963 until 1970, he directed CDC's Smallpox Eradication Program. Dr. John J. Witte, was the former Chief of the organization’s Immunization Branch, and Dr. Leo Morris who specialized in statistical analysis, and implementation of the newly-introduced jet injector vaccine-delivery system in the battle against smallpox.
context_page_description: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a national public health institute in the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
  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. The CDC also conducts research 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.
caption: Donald Henderson as part of the CDC's smallpox eradication team in 1966
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