Public health policy initiatives and community health outcomes have never been more important.

On a global scale, this is generally managed by the World Health Organization, an agency empowered by the United Nations to guide international public health.

In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spearheads national public health policy. The organization is “the nation’s leading science-based, data-driven, service organization that protects the public’s health. For more than 70 years, [the CDC has] put science into action to help children stay healthy so they can grow and learn; to help families, businesses, and communities fight disease and stay strong; and to protect the public’s health.”