Taiwan Centers for Disease Control explained

Centers for Disease Control
Native Name A:疾病管制署
Native Name R:Jíbìng Guǎnzhì Shǔ
Formed:1 July 1999
Jurisdiction:Taiwan
Headquarters:Zhongzheng, Taipei, Taiwan
Chief1 Name:Chou Jih-haw (周志浩)
Chief1 Position:Director-General
Parent Agency:Ministry of Health and Welfare
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The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC;) is the agency of the Ministry of Health and Welfare of the Republic of China (Taiwan) that combats the threat of communicable diseases.

Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC)

See main article: Central Epidemic Command Center. The Central Epidemic Command Center, division of the, 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

See main article: COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan. TCDC officials saw premonitions of the COVID-19 pandemic in December on social media. As well, medical staff freely transit the Taiwan Strait, so the TCDC was dimly aware that something was awry in December. On 31 December, Wuhan city government stamped paper that required doctors in the city to report all cases of a novel pneumonia to them. On 1 January, the Huanan Seafood City market (HSCM) was shuttered by the health authorities.[4]

By 5 January 2020, the Taiwan CDC began monitoring all individuals who had travelled to Wuhan within fourteen days and exhibited a fever or symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections. These people were screened for 26 known pathogens, including SARS and 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

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WHO raises influenza pandemic alert level, Taiwan establishes Central Epidemic Command Center in response . 2009-04-28 . 2020-04-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229132652/http://www.cdc.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=22889&ctNode=960&mp=5 . 2012-02-29.
  2. Lin. Cheryl. Braund. Wendy E.. Auerbach. John. Chou. Jih-Haw. Teng. Ju-Hsiu. Tu. Pikuei. Mullen. Jewel. Policy Decisions and Use of Information Technology to Fight Coronavirus Disease, Taiwan. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2020. 26. 7. 1506–1512. en-us. 10.3201/eid2607.200574. 32228808. 7323533. free.
  3. Web site: Centers for Disease Control,R.O.C.(Taiwan)-- . 2015-07-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150714083514/https://www.cdc.gov.tw/english/info.aspx?treeid=3847719104be0678&nowtreeid=5f733010a3c4dfe3&tid=8C072D607040C9B3 . 2015-07-14 .
  4. News: Smith . Nicola . 'They wanted to take us sight seeing. I stayed in the hotel', says first foreign official to enter Wuhan . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/wanted-take-us-sight-seeing-stayed-hotel-says-first-foreign/ . 12 January 2022 . subscription . live . Telegraph Media Group Limited . 6 May 2020.
  5. 10.1001/jama.2020.3151. Response to COVID-19 in Taiwan. 2020. Wang. C. Jason. Ng. Chun Y.. Brook. Robert H.. JAMA. 323. 14. 1341–1342. 32125371. free.
  6. News: Chiang . Yi-ching . Wen . Kuei-hsiang . Wang . Cheng-chung . CORONAVIRUS / How Taiwan has been able to keep COVID-19 at bay . 16 March 2020 . 16 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200317145811/https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202003160019 . 17 March 2020 . live .
  7. News: Lee . I-chia . Shan . Shelley . Epidemic response command center set up . 5 March 2020 . Taipei Times . 21 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200401230455/http://taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/01/21/2003729605 . 1 April 2020 . live .
  8. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-09-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160911041846/http://61.57.41.133/uploads/files/201606/20ece0b3-b379-4785-b97d-a762a0e3bfe6.pdf . 2016-09-11 . dead .
  9. Survey of methadone-drug interactions among patients of methadone maintenance treatment program in Taiwan. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy. 2012-03-20. 7. 1. 10.1186/1747-597x-7-11. En. Hsin-Ya. Lee. Jih-Heng. Li. Li-Tzy. Wu. Jin-Song. Wu. Cheng-Fang. Yen. Hsin-Pei. Tang. 11. 22429858. 3373376 . free .