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Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan)

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Formed
  
1 July 1999

Headquarters
  
Taipei City

Jurisdiction
  
Taiwan

Website
  
www.cdc.gov.tw

Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan)

Minister responsible
  
Jih-Haw Chou, Director General

Parent agency
  
Ministry of Health and Welfare

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC; Chinese: 衛生福利部疾病管制署; pinyin: Wèishēng Fúlì Bù Jíbìng Guǎnzhì Shǔ) is the agency of the Ministry of Health and Welfare of the Taiwan that combats the threat of communicable diseases.

Contents

History

The agency was established on 1 July 1999.

Organizational structures

  • Information Management Office
  • Secretariat
  • Personnel Office
  • Civil Service Ethics Office
  • Accounting and Statistics Office

    • Divisions

  • Division of Planning and Coordination
  • Division of Infection Control and Biosafety
  • Division of Acute Infectious Diseases
  • Division of Chronic Infectious Diseases
  • Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Division of Quarantine
  • Epidemic Intelligence Center
  • Center for Diagnostics and Vaccine Development

    • Centers

  • Taipei Regional Center
  • Northern Regional Center
  • Central Regional Center
  • Eastern Regional Center
  • Southern Regional Center
  • Kaohsiung-Pingtung Regional Center

    • Transportation

    The headquarter center is accessible within walking distance south of Shandao Temple Station of Taipei Metro.

    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."

    References

    Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan) Wikipedia
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