International Health(2018)

International Health(2018)

Taiwan CDC has made great efforts to enhance international health exchanges related to infectious diseases by strengthening bilateral and multilateral relationships, helping allies raise their capacities for communicable disease control, exchanging the latest technology and information with other countries, and participating in international public health conferences and related activities. As a result, Taiwan CDC has been able to share its unique experiences with the world as it endeavors to achieve the goal of “Health for all”. 1. The International Training Workshop on Laboratory Diagnosis for Dengue/Zika/ Chikungunya: Under the US-Taiwan Global Cooperation Training Framework (GCTF), Taiwan CDC, MOFA, and the AIT co-organized the International Training Workshop on Laboratory Diagnosis for Dengue/Zika/Chikungunya from April 25 to 28, 2017. The workshop was the first time that Taiwan CDC shared the selfdeveloped three-in-one laboratory test for Zika, dengue and chikungunya, which consists of the multiplex PCR assay targeting dengue, Zika, and chikungunya viruses and the multiplex platforms of molecular and serological assays for a broader spectrum of arbovirus detection, with senior laboratory professionals from countries in Asia and the Caribbean. 35 laboratory professionals from 18 countries, including Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam, participated in this workshop. Experts from the U.S. Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS) and Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) attended as the workshop lecturers to help refine the diagnostic capacity for arboviruses among professionals from participating countries, effectively improving the regional capacity to tackle infectious diseases, reinforced global health security, and warded off the threats posed by infectious diseases.