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).

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