Abstract

The Public Health Image Library http://phil.cdc.gov/Phil/home.asp can be found at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Created by a working group at the CDC, the library provides an organized, universal electronic gateway to the CDC’s pictures. Because much of the critical information necessary for the communication of public health messages is pictorial rather than text-based, they welcome public health professionals, the media, laboratory scientists, educators, students, and the public to use this material for reference, teaching, presentation, and public health messages. The image library also includes a search facility.