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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).
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]
The formation of the UKHSA essentially transferred Public Health England's health improvement functions to DHSC, while its health protection elements form part of the new government agency. [1] Staff and systems were moved into the new organisation in 2021. [2] PHE continued to have a shadow existence until September 2021. [3]
Chuang Shuk-kwan JP DCH FFPH [2] (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.
Centre for Food Safety (CFS; Chinese: 食物安全中心) is the food safety authority of the Hong Kong government. Its mission is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. [ 2 ]
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 ...
National Centre for Disease Control; National Centre for Infectious Diseases; National Institute for Communicable Diseases; Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare; National Institute for Public Health and the Environment; National Institute of Health, Islamabad; National Institute of Public Health of Japan; Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese: 疾病預防控制中心, Portuguese: Centro de Controlo e Prevenção da Doença) was created in 2001 [1] and is under the Health Bureau of Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture of Macau, China.