Centre for Community Health and Disease Control

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]

Centre for Community Health and Disease Control

Centre overview
Preceding centre	Department of Public Health
Dissolved	12 January 2013
Superseding centre	Health Protection Agency
Jurisdiction	Government of the Maldives
Headquarters	Roshanee Building (4th Floor, Sosun Magu, Malé)
Centre executive	Asma Ibrahim, Director
Parent centre	Ministry of Health, Republic of Maldives