CDC's Mission To promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

To provide and to improve access to and use of public health information. Develop and operate systems for surveillance and information exchange. Create software for the management and analysis of epidemiologic data. Build public health informatics capacity through support, training, and consultation. Coordinate CDC surveillance policy. Evaluate data and systems to improve efficiency and data quality.

CDC WONDER is an easy-to-use system that provides a single point of access to a wide variety of CDC reports, guidelines, and numeric public health data.