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Centre for Community Health and Disease Control

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Centre for Community Health and Disease Control
Centre overview
Preceding centre
  • Department of Public Health
Dissolved12 January 2013
Superseding centre
JurisdictionGovernment of the Maldives
HeadquartersRoshanee Building (4th Floor, Sosun Magu, Malé)
Centre executive
  • Asma Ibrahim, Director
Parent centreMinistry of Health, Republic of Maldives

The Centre for Community Health and Disease Control (CCHDC) was a department within the Ministry of Health and Family of the Republic of Maldives, tasked with carrying out preventive health services in the archipelago. The department was previously known as the Department of Public Health. It was abolished on 12 January 2013 by President Waheed and was succeeded by the Health Protection Agency (HPA).[1]

References

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  1. ^ "President abolishes Centre for Community Health and Disease Control". The President's Office. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2024.