Roles of Public Health Centers and Cluster-Based Approach for COVID-19 Response in Japan

Health Secur. 2021 Mar-Apr;19(2):229-231. doi: 10.1089/hs.2020.0159. Epub 2020 Dec 18.

¹ Tadatsugu Imamura, MD, PhD, is Advisor of Infectious Disease Control/Public Health Research, Japan International Cooperation Agency, and a Pediatric Resident, Center for Postgraduate Education and Training, National Center for Child Health and Development; both in Tokyo, Japan. Tomoya Saito, MD, PhD, MPH, is Director, Department of Health Crisis Management, National Institute of Public Health, Saitama, Japan. Hitoshi Oshitani, MD, PhD, MPH, is a Professor, Department of Virology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Contact tracing; Public health preparedness/response; Surge capacity.

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