Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Short description: South Korean government public health agency

Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention질병관리본부
疾病管理本部

Agency overview
Formed| 18 December 2003
Jurisdiction| Government of South Korea
Headquarters| 187, Osongsaengmyeong 2-ro, Osong-eup, Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea
Employees| 862
Agency executive|

* Jung Eun-kyeong, Director

Parent department| Ministry of Health and Welfare
Child agency|

* Korea National Institute of Health (KNIH)
National Quarantine Station

Website| www.cdc.go.kr/cdc_eng/

Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC; Korean: 질병관리본부; Hanja: 疾病管理本部) is an organisation under South Korean Ministry of Welfare and Health responsible for organ transplant and advancement of public health by managing prevention, survey, quarantine, trial and research on infectious diseases, chronic and rare illnesses and injuries. It was founded in December 2003 and is located in Osong Health Technnology Administration Complex in Cheongju.[1] The organisation is led by vice-ministerial-level Director of KCDC.[2]

## Contents

* 1 History[3]
* 2 Organization[8]
* 2.1 Director of KCDC
* 2.2 Child Agencies
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## History[3]

* July 1949: Central Health Centre was created under Ministry of Health
* January 1960: renamed to Central Health Institute
* August 1960: renamed to National Institute of Health
* December 1963: merged with National Chemical Laboratories, National Laboratory of Herb Medicine and National Institute of Public Health Training
* February 1967: renamed to National Institute of Public Health Training
* November 1981: renamed to National Institute of Health
* December 1994: re-organised under Ministry of Health and Welfare
* December 2003: changed to current KCDC
* December 2010: moved its headquarters to Osong
* April 2012: National Central Human Body Resource Bank was founded under KNIH of KCDC[4]

Its history is in line with the major infectious disease outbreaks in South Korea. After SARS outbreak in 2003, then-National Institute of Health was restructured to American CDC-like KCDC. And after MERS outbreak in 2015, the head of KCDC was promoted to vice-ministerial-level position. Given the 2020 general election where all major parties promised raising KCDC's autonomy by making it "Disease Control and Prevention Administration (Korean: 질병관리청; Hanja: 疾病管理廳)" and lessons learned from Covid-19 outbreak, there have been rumors that there will be some sort of changes to the organisation in the foreseeable future.[5][6]

In his special public address to mark his third year in office on 10th May 2020, President Moon Jae-in announced that he will seek for legislation revision to lift the status of the KCDC to the administration.[7]

## Organization[8]

### Director of KCDC

* Administration
* Bureau of Planning Coordination
* Center for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
* Center for Infectious Disease Control
* Center for Laboratory control of Infectious Diseases
* Center for Disease Prevention
* Center for Korean Network of Organ Sharing

### Child Agencies

* Korea National Institute of Health (KNIH, Korean: 국립보건연구원)
* National Quarantine Station (Korean: 국립검역소)
* Incheon Airport Quarantine
* Gunsan Quarantine
* Ulsan Quarantine
* Busan Quarantine
* Mokpo Quarantine
* Gimhae Quarantine
* Incheon Quarantine
* Yeosu Quarantine
* Pohang Quarantine
* Masan Quarantine
* Tongyeong Quarantine
* Donghae Quarantine
* Jeju Quarantine

## See also

* Ministry of Health and Welfare (South Korea)
* 2009 swine flue pandemic
* 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in South Korea
* COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
* Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

## References

1. ↑ "식약청 등 다음달부터 오송 이전 시작; Korea Food & Drug Administration and other government association move to Osong from next month." (in ko). 2010-10-20. http://www.ktv.go.kr/content/view?content_id=356997.
2. ↑ 대한민국 법제처, Republic of South Korea department of law (2011-06-15). "국가법령정보센터 | 법 > 본문 - 보건복지부와 그 소속기관 직제; Korea Law Information Center | Law > Main - Ministry of Health and Welfare and associated department organization of office.". http://www.law.go.kr/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=178423#0000.
3. ↑ "질병관리본부 연혁" (in Korean). https://www.cdc.go.kr/menu.es?mid=a20804000000.
4. ↑ 국립중앙인체자원은행, National Central Human Body Resource Bank (2019). "History of Bio-bank 인체은행 연혁". http://nih.go.kr/biobank/EgovPageLink.do?menuNo=12&link=main/content/NationalHRBank/ControlPage.
5. ↑ 이성택, Sungtaek Lee (2020-04-08). "감염병 발생 때마다 조직 커진 질병관리본부, ‘질병관리청’ 될까 | KCDC grow in size each time the infecting disease appears, would it become the Korean 'Administration' for Disease Control & Prevention" (in ko). https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/202004061737077153.
6. ↑ "靑 "개각, 하반기 소폭으로...일부 조직 개편 가능성" | Blue House "Cabinet reshuffle, the possibility of minor restructuring some of the organizations... During the second half of the year"" (in ko). 2020-04-25. https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0101_202004251553133420.
7. ↑ "Moon Says KCDC to be Elevated to Administration" (in en). http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=153304.
8. ↑ "Organization of KCDC". https://www.cdc.go.kr/menu.es?mid=a30107000000.

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