National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Agency overview
Formed1993 (1993)
Preceding agency
  • National Immunization Program (1993–2006)
JurisdictionFederal government of the United States
HeadquartersAtlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Agency executive
  • Vacant, Director
Parent agencyCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Websitewww.cdc.gov/ncird/

The National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), formerly known as the National Immunization Program until April 2006, is charged with responsibility for the planning, coordination, and conduct of immunization activities in the United States. NCIRD is a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, located in Atlanta, Georgia, and housed in the CDC's Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases (CCID). The National Center for Immunization provides consultation, training, statistical, promotional, educational, epidemiological, and technical services to assist state and local health departments across the US in planning, developing, contracting and implementing immunization programs.

It is one of three CDC centers focusing on infectious disease, along with the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases and the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention.

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