J Korean Med Assoc.  2017 Apr;60(4):296-299. 10.5124/jkma.2017.60.4.296.

Public health emergency preparedness and response in Korea

• Jeong EK

• KMID: 2378212
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2017.60.4.296

Abstract

Infectious disease control and prevention in Korea are handled based on laws such as the Framework Act on the Management of Disasters and Safety and the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act. To fill the gaps in the national public health system that were identified during the 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in Korea, Korea has strengthened its capacity to prepare for and respond to public health emergency. The objectives are to prevent, promptly detect, and rapidly respond to imported infectious diseases; to fully mobilize public health and medical resources; to revise governance enhancing the role of the centralized decision-making structures; and to improve health care facilities to prevent health care-associated infections.

Keyword

Coronavirus infections; Public health emergency; Infectious disease preparedness and response; Health care-associated infection

MeSH Terms

Civil Defense*
Communicable Diseases
Coronavirus Infections
Delivery of Health Care
Disasters
Emergencies*
Jurisprudence
Korea*
Public Health*

Reference

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3. Infections Disease Control and Prevention Act. No. 13474. 2016.

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5. Government of Republic of Korea. Schemes for reform of infectious disease preparedness and response in Korea. [place unknown]: 2015.

6. Emergency Medical Service Act. No. 14116. 2017.