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President Moon Jae-in and Chung Eun-kyung, the first director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, enter the Center for Emergencies at the Chungju Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Day 11. Chung Headquarters received a letter of appointment as the first director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which was released on the 12th.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which launched in 2004 as an institution affiliated with the Ministry of Health and Welfare, will be promoted and expanded to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 12th. Jeong, who took over as director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2017, was appointed the first director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On that day, President Moon Jae-in visited the Jilbon Emergency Situation Center in Osong, North Chungcheong Province, and presented a letter of appointment to Jung.
“To address Corona 19, we are strengthening epidemiological responses, such as establishing a crisis response analyst that improves epidemiological analysis and predictive power, while protecting and educating experts for investigation of current contacts, routes of infection and epidemiological responses He said: “We will create five disease response centers for each region and cooperate with the region to make efforts to respond to Corona 19 in the region.”
He added that “when the National Institute of Infectious Diseases is established, the central task of the reorganization is to make efforts to accelerate research and development by strengthening public-private cooperation in the development of vaccines and treatments.”
In the case of dealing with infectious diseases, in addition to the current Corona 19 epidemic, we prepare in advance for diagnosis, research, and response capabilities for new infectious diseases, including infectious diseases, while professionally preparing to face existing infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, medical infection and resistance to antibiotics. He said he would. Other areas that threaten health, such as fine dust, climate change, damage and addiction, are also planned to be explored extensively.
Chung Headquarters is also focused on strengthening the expertise that has been highlighted thus far. With the increase in capacity of about 350 people, we are moving forward with a plan to bring in experienced staff in the fields of health administration and disease management with transfer requests of about 70 workers from the Ministry of Health and Welfare. She plans to reinforce field-based education, training and learning for existing employees while transferring outside experts through open public offerings.
“We will establish a cooperative system with private experts to develop expertise in public health, administrative power as a central administrative agency, communication capabilities with the public and professional groups, and promote the workforce development process.” He added that since organic cooperation with each region is important in the event of an infectious disease epidemic, he added that he will consult with the relevant ministries and be in charge of improving the capacity of each city and provincial institute for health and environment research and public health center.
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