Taiwan Centers for Disease Control

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Centers for Disease Control
疾病管制署
Jíbìng Guǎnzhì Shǔ
Agency overview
Formed1 July 1999
JurisdictionTaiwan
HeadquartersZhongzheng, Taipei, Taiwan
Agency executive
Parent agencyMinistry of Health and Welfare
WebsiteOfficial website

The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC;

Republic of China (Taiwan) that combats the threat of communicable diseases.[citation needed
]

Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC)

Main article: Central Epidemic Command Center

The Central Epidemic Command Center, division of the National Health Command Center [fr], is activated by the government of Taiwan for several disease outbreaks, as the 2009 swine flu pandemic[1] and the COVID-19 pandemic.

The CECC has the authority to coordinate works across government departments and enlist additional personnel during an emergency.[2]

History

The agency was established on 1 July 1999.[3]

Timeline of early warning for COVID-19

Main article: COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan

TCDC officials saw premonitions of the

Huanan Seafood City market (HSCM) was shuttered by the health authorities.[4]

By 5 January 2020, the

Middle East respiratory syndrome, and those testing positive were quarantined.[5]

Chuang Yin-ching recounted that "TCDC made a request to the Chinese health authority on 6 January. I was notified on 11 January. I remember that day very clearly because that was the Taiwan presidential election day. Around 6 pm in the afternoon I got a phone call from the director general of the Taiwan CDC that (I and a colleague) had permission to go to Wuhan. We flew there the next night for a meeting on 13 and 14 January morning and afternoon in Wuhan."[4]

On 15 January, Chuang and his colleague were summoned to the Director-General of the TCDC. The next morning he was present at the expert task force meeting. This was followed by a press conference on 16 January.[4]

On 20 January 2020, the CECC was activated.[6][7]

Notable personnel

Centers

  • Taipei Regional Center
  • Northern Regional Center
  • Central Regional Center
  • Eastern Regional Center
  • Southern Regional Center
  • Kaohsiung-Pingtung Regional Center[8]

Methadone program

The agency subsidizes a methadone maintenance treatment program in Taiwan. This includes providing methadone for addicts as well as providing psychiatrists, nurses, and case works, additionally the program "also provides educational programs for specific patients who were under conditions of deferred prosecution."[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "WHO raises influenza pandemic alert level, Taiwan establishes Central Epidemic Command Center in response". 28 April 2009. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  2. PMID 32228808
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  3. ^ "Centers for Disease Control,R.O.C.(Taiwan)--". Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b c Smith, Nicola (6 May 2020). "'They wanted to take us sight seeing. I stayed in the hotel', says first foreign official to enter Wuhan". Telegraph Media Group Limited. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022.
  5. PMID 32125371
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  6. ^ Chiang, Yi-ching; Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Wang, Cheng-chung (16 March 2020). "CORONAVIRUS / How Taiwan has been able to keep COVID-19 at bay". Archived from the original on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  7. ^ Lee, I-chia; Shan, Shelley (21 January 2020). "Epidemic response command center set up". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. PMID 22429858
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