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The Centre for Health Protection is an agency under the Department of Health in Hong Kong responsible for disease prevention and control. CHP plays the same role and function as the Centers for Disease Control in the United States, and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in the European Union (EU).
A new organisation, initially to be called the Centre for Health Protection, was proposed by Matt Hancock, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in July 2020 to combine NHS Test and Trace, the Joint Biosecurity Centre and the health protection functions of Public Health England. [2]
The Health Bureau (Chinese: 醫務衞生局) is a policy bureau of the Government of Hong Kong. They are responsible for the health portfolios. The agency was established on 1 July 2022. The current (since 1 July 2022) Secretary for Health is Professor Lo Chung-mau. [1]
HPSC produces annual epidemiological reports covering all areas of infectious and communicable disease surveillance carried out in Ireland. It is the designated Competent Body for liaison with European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and is Ireland's national World Health Organization International Health Regulations (IHR) focal point for communicable diseases.
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Chuang Shuk-kwan (Chinese: 張竹君; born 11 July 1967) is a Hong Kong doctor specialising in public health medicine, currently serving as the head of the Communicable Disease Branch of the Centre for Health Protection in Hong Kong.
In April 1989, the Medical and Health Department was split into the Department of Health and the Hospital Services Department. [2] The Hospital Authority was set up in 1990. In March 2021, the Department of Health terminated a vaccination agreement with a private clinic, after its doctor claimed that the Sinovac vaccine had a bad reputation and ...
Directorate of Health (Embætti landlæknis; Iceland) [26] Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH; Switzerland) Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL; Finland) [27] Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC; Ireland) Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII; Spain) Higher Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità) (ISS; Italy)