From parasitic disease control to global health: new orientation of the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China CDC.

From parasitic disease control to global health: new orientation of the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China CDC. Acta Trop. 2019 Oct 12;:105219 Authors: Chen J, Ding W, Li Z, Dan Zhou D, Yang P, Wang RB, Zheng B, Sheng HF, Guan YY, Xiao N, Li SZ, Zhou XN Abstract As the only specialized institution for research and control of parasitic diseases at the national level in China for almost 70 years, the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases (NIPD) at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) has been instrumental in supporting the remarkable progress from high prevalence to transmission interruption or low endemicity of several diseases, lymphatic filariasis, malaria and schistosomiasis in particular. This has taken place through technical guidance, emergency response and scientific research as well as providing technical service, education, training, health promotion and international cooperation. With China's increasing involvement in international cooperation and the increased risk for (re)emerging tropical diseases in mind, the Chinese Government designated in 2017 a new Center for Tropical Disease Research to NIPD. Responding to the expanded responsibilities, the institute is scaling up its activities in several ways: from parasitic diseases to the wider area of tropical diseases; from disease control to disease elimination; from biological research to policy evidences accumulation; and from pu...
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