Download List of Government Agencies

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
WHO World Health Organization
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
USDHHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NIH National Institutes of Health
AHCPR Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
FDA Food and Drug Administration
What they do
1. WHO Sponsored by the United Nations
2. USDHHS National agency that deals with US health problems
3. CDC Concerned with spread and control of US epidemics
4. NIH The part of the DHHS that conducts research on disease
5. FDA Regulates food and drugs sold to the public
6. AHCPR Identifies standards of treatment that should be provided by health care
facilities
7. OSHA Protects workers from job-related injuries
8. WHO Would work with providing vaccinations in third world countries
9. CDC Establishes infection control guidelines for US
10. FDA Approves new cancer drugs for use with the general public
11. AHCPR Federal agency that would review nursing home neglect cases
12. OSHA Would be concerned with reports of health care workers who contract
hepatitis from their patients
13. WHO Investigates serious health problems throughout the world
14. List at least three services provided by state or local health departments.
a. Immunizations
b. Inspections for environmental health and sanitation
c. Communicable disease control
d. Collection of statistics and records related to health
e. Clinics for health care prevention