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Technological Policy Development of the Center for Disease
Control, Department of Health
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is at the frontier of epidemic prevention
and the pivot of national disease control work.
In the face of the ever-emerging new
diseases and re-emergence of existing diseases, the CDC cannot help but feel
disempowered. Consolidating academic power to work around the flaws in disease
prevention work becomes a pressing task. One of the first rules in the art of war is
“know thy enemy.” We can only grasp the key or knack to disease prevention by
deepening our understanding of diseases.
The CDC will conduct problem-oriented
studies on the most pressing problems according to the disease prevention needs by
outsourcing or carrying out technological research on our own, in order to discover
the possible key factors for solution; present research findings in the CDC’s disease
prevention seminars at suitable time according to disease prevention needs.
After
the brainstorming of scholars and disease prevention experts, consensus will be
reached to transform the research findings into supporting evidence for policies or
disease prevention measures.
Furthermore, policy review and evaluation is
conducted after implementing the disease prevention measures for a while, to refine
the prevention work and enhance administration efficiency. Research effort of CDC
is planned and executed according to the following seven key issues:
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Epidemiological surveillance and investigation, prevention strategies and
effectiveness assessment studies that reduce the incidence rate of such infectious
diseases as tuberculosis, AIDS, hepatitis, dengue fever, enterovirus, influenza,
SARS, etc.
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Studies relating to the reinforcement of surveillance and verification of biological
warfare, new-bred infectious diseases, human/animal communicable diseases,
and infectious diseases that come in from the mainland China and from imported
laborers.
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Studies relating to the building of pathogenic and genetic database.
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Studies relating to the establishment of infectious disease reporting and
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monitoring network.
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Studies relating to the assessment of immune response and vaccination
effectiveness.
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Studies that correspond to the infectious disease prevention network, and that
relate to the reinforcement of in-hospital disease control mechanism and the
correlation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and in-hospital infectious diseases.
 Studies relating to enhancement of international medical and healthcare
technology exchanges.
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