South Korea’s COVID-19 Response from the District Health Authority Perspective Read more about South Korea’s COVID-19 Response from the District Health Authority Perspective In the Republic of Korea, the district health authority's responsibility in the overall COVID-19 response are: risk communication, health education, surveillance, coordination of testing, contact tracing, self-quarantine management, and local-level resource allocation. The district health authority’s response follows the Korea CDC’s guidelines, which is now at its seventh edition since the beginning of the outbreak. Public-private collaboration, central-local coordination, and citizen’s participation are COVID-19-related governance issues at the district level.
Kunhee Park Keywords Health COVID 19 COVID 19 response COVID 19 korea COVID 19 response of korea NCOV NCOV korea corona virus coronavirus korea Read more about Kunhee Park Kunhee Park is Director General of Pyeongchang County Health and Medical Center in the Republic of Korea. He had worked as a Director of Gyeong-gi province Infectious Diseases Control Center from Aug 2021 to Jan 2023 during COVID-19 pandemic, and had worked at WHO WPRO (Western Pacific Regional Office) as an acting team coordinator, medical officer and technical officer in the area of health system, maternal and child health and country support from 2009 to 2017. He is a medical doctor and holds a Ph.D. in public health (health policy and management) from Seoul National University.
Ten Decisive Scenes in the COVID-19 Response Read more about Ten Decisive Scenes in the COVID-19 Response Two months after the first COVID-19 confirmed case, the Republic of Korea has been commended for its efforts to contain the outbreak. Although the response was not without flaws, their experience is distinct in several respects: (i) early and speedy response, (ii) transparency, and (iii) public-private partnership. This presentation examines ten decisive scenes, which examine the trajectory of the Republic of Korea's national response against the spread of COVID-19.
Seung-sik Hwang Keywords COVID 19 COVID 19 response COVID 19 korea COVID 19 response korea Read more about Seung-sik Hwang Seung-sik Hwang is a professor of epidemiology from the School of Public Health, Seoul National University. He is a member of the Korean Society on Epidemiology's consultation committee on COVID-19 response. He served during the 2015 MERS outbreak as the field epidemiologist for the Korean committee on the MERS outbreak investigation. He is a medical doctor and holds a Ph.D in epidemiology from Seoul National University.