The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention ( zh, 疾病預防控制中心, pt, Centro de Controlo e Prevenção da Doença) was created in 2001 and is under the Health Bureau of
Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture of
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a p ...
,
China.
History
In the wake of the
COVID-19 pandemic in Macau, the CPDCP's Communicable Disease Prevention and Disease Surveillance Unit is tasked to monitor residents of Macau and anyone else who travels in and out of the SAR as part of anti-coronavirus measures enacted.
Structure
The CDCP is in of the following units:
* Communicable Disease Prevention and Disease Surveillance Unit
* Special Preventive Services Team
* Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Unit
* Environmental & Food Hygiene Unit
* Health Planning Unit
* Vector Control Working Group
* Community Health Working Group
See also
* Similar agencies
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Centre for Health Protection
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, Hong Kong
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Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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Established in 1983, it works to protect public health and safety ...
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
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(ECDC)
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Centres for Disease Control (CDC)
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Health Protection Agency
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(HPA)
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Institut de veille sanitaire (IVS)
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Public Health Agency of Canada
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(PHAC)
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Public health
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References
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Government departments and agencies of Macau