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Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

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For the bureau, seeNational Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention.

Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC)
Agency overview
Formed23 December 1983;40 years ago(1983-12-23)
Headquarters155 Changbai Road,Changping District,Beijing,China
Employees2120(2016)
Agency executive
Parent departmentNational Health Commission
Websiteen.chinacdc.cnEdit this at Wikidata
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Simplified ChineseTrung quốc tật bệnh dự phòng khống chế trung tâm
Traditional ChineseTrung quốc tật bệnh dự phòng khống chế trung tâm
Literal meaningChina Disease Prevention-Control Center

TheChinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CCDC;Chinese:Trung quốc tật bệnh dự phòng khống chế trung tâm) is an institution directly under theNational Health Commission,based inChangping District,Beijing,China.[2]

Established in 1983, it works to protectpublic healthandsafetyby providing information to enhance health decisions, and to promote health through partnerships with provincial health departments and other organizations. The CCDC focuses national attention on developing and applyingdisease prevention and control(especiallyinfectious diseases),environmental health,occupational safety and health,health promotion,preventionandeducationactivities designed to improve thehealthof the people of thePeople's Republic of China.[3][4][5]

Operations[edit]

Shen Hongbingis the current Director of Chinese CDC.[1]

The CCDC administers a number of laboratories across China, including thebiosafety level 2facility at the Wuhan Center for Disease Control (sometimes confused with the nearbyWuhan Institute of Virology),[6]which received global media coverage during theCOVID-19 pandemicfor its research intoSARS-like coronavirusesof bat origin.[7][8][9]On 10 January 2020, the CCDC uploaded the genetic sequence ofSARS-CoV-2toGISAIDfor global dissemination.[10]In 2022, the Center shared with GISAID a phylogenetic analysis of over 32 independent introductions SARS-CoV-2 from outside China that were identified in the first quarter of the year.[11]

The CCDC operates the Chinese Vaccinology Course in partnership with theUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciencesand theBill & Melinda Gates Foundation.[12]

Workforce[edit]

As of 2016,the Chinese CDC has 2120 staff with 1876 technical professionals (accounting for 89%), 133 managerial staff (accounting for 6%), and 111 logistic staff (accounting for 5%).[citation needed]

Publications[edit]

The Chinese CDC publishes or co-sponsors a total of 16 journals,[13]includingChina CDC Weekly,[14]Journal of Hygiene Research,[15]Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology,andChinese Journal of Epidemiology.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ab"Tối tân! Trung quốc công trình viện viện sĩ thẩm hồng binh nhậm trung quốc tật khống trung tâm chủ nhậm, cao phúc nhân niên linh nguyên nhân bất tái đam nhậm".
  2. ^"Home".Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Archived fromthe originalon 7 October 2021.Retrieved6 October2021.155 Changbai Road Changping District,Beijing 102206, China-Chinese address:"Địa chỉ: Bắc kinh thị xương bình khu xương bách lộ 155 hào"
  3. ^"Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention(China CDC)".chinacdc.cn.Archivedfrom the original on 5 March 2014.Retrieved9 March2014.
  4. ^"China CDC".ianphi.org.Archivedfrom the original on 29 April 2014.Retrieved9 March2014.
  5. ^"Centers Disease Control Prevention".globalhealth.gov.Archivedfrom the original on 29 April 2014.Retrieved9 March2014.
  6. ^Beaumont, Peter (1 May 2020)."Where did Covid-19 come from? What we know about its origins".The Guardian.Archivedfrom the original on 4 May 2020.Retrieved4 May2020.
  7. ^"Wuhan Lab Denies Any Link to First Coronavirus Outbreak".Bloomberg News.20 April 2020.Archivedfrom the original on 3 May 2020.Retrieved4 May2020.
  8. ^Rincon, Paul (1 May 2020)."Coronavirus: Is there any evidence for lab release theory?".BBC News.Archivedfrom the original on 16 April 2020.Retrieved4 May2020.
  9. ^"Exclusive: Coronavirus began 'as an accident' in Chinese lab, says former MI6 boss".Telegraph Media Group Limited. 3 June 2020.
  10. ^Polack, Fernando (10 December 2020)."Safety and Efficacy of the mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine".New England Journal of Medicine.383(27): 2603–2615.doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2034577.PMC7745181.PMID33301246.January 10, 2020, when the SARS-CoV-2 genetic sequence was released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and disseminated globally by the GISAID
  11. ^"China CDC shares latest COVID-19 data".GISAID.11 April 2022.Retrieved15 April2022.
  12. ^"Bồi huấn tín tức _ trung quốc dịch miêu học".Chinese Vaccinology Course.Archivedfrom the original on 6 June 2022.Retrieved1 November2022.
  13. ^"Chinese Center For Disease Control And Prevention".www.chinacdc.cn.Retrieved12 March2022.
  14. ^Gao, George F. (November 2019)."Foreword from Editor-in-Chief George F. Gao — China's Outreach to the World: Public Health Goes Global".China CDC Weekly.1(1): 1–2.doi:10.46234/ccdcw2019.001.PMC8428435.PMID34594588.
  15. ^Fung, Isaac CH (30 September 2008)."Chinese journals: a guide for epidemiologists".Emerging Themes in Epidemiology.5(1): 20.doi:10.1186/1742-7622-5-20.ISSN1742-7622.PMC2648956.PMID18826604.

External links[edit]

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