2014 Event Botswana doctor Matshidiso Moeti will serve as new director of the World Health Organization office in Africa; Moeti will be instrumental in prevention of additional Ebola outbreaks and in restoration of health care facilities in Ebola-hit nations 2014 Event Thomas Frieden, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cautions that the Ebola epidemic will soon be uncontrollable unless more workers are found to aid in treatment of victims and burial of contagious bodies 2010 Event If trends in diet and exercise continue, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention project estimate 1 in 3 adult Americans will have diabetes by 2050 1985 Event International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize 1944 Event Smokey Bear debuts as spokeman for fire prevention 1930 Event University of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention and cure of athlete's foot 1868 Event San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed 1866 Event American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms
