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Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Macau)

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Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
  • 疾病預防控制中心
  • Centro de Controlo e Prevenção da Doença
Agency overview
Formed2001
Superseding agency
  • none
JurisdictionMacau
HeadquartersMacau
Ministers responsible
Agency executive
  • Mr Tong Ka-io, Director
Parent agencyHealth Bureau

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.

History

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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.[2]

Structure

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The CDCP is in of the following units:[3]

  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". www.ssm.gov.mo. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "14-day quarantine for all arrivals from virus-hit Beijing | Macau News". macaunews.mo. Archived from the original on 2020-06-28.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". www.ssm.gov.mo. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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