The Integrated
Communicable Disease (ICD) Unit at the WHO Regional Office for the Western
Pacific is dedicated to reducing the burden of communicable diseases by
strengthening prevention, control, and elimination efforts. The ICD Unit works
with WHO Country Offices and Member States to integrate disease-specific
programs into primary health care (PHC). This ensures that essential
services reach the most underserved and hard-to-reach populations.
Through
cross-programmatic collaboration and co-creation, the ICD Unit assists countries
in integrating disease
control efforts, thereby maximising resources, improving efficiency, and delivering
person-centred care. By prioritising equity and sustainability, the
ICD Unit ensures that at-risk communities have consistent access to
prevention, diagnostics, treatment, and care. It also provides technical
expertise, policy guidance, and data-driven strategies to enhance disease surveillance
and strengthen health systems.
Working
alongside governments, health partners, and communities, the ICD Unit drives
action toward a future free from infectious diseases, supporting the journey to
universal health coverage (UHC) through PHC.
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Immunization program data: regional and country profiles 2022
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Hepatitis B Control: Country Profile 2020
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Collaborating centers
Institution | Diseases | Country | Areas of support | Contact | Institution’s website |
HIV/AIDS, STIs, hepatitis | Australia | 1. Support elimination of mother-to-child
transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis. | Prof. Julian Gold
<Julian.Gold@health.nsw.gov.au> | ||
New South Wales Health Pathology, Microbiology | STIs, AMR | Australia | 1. Strengthen Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme. | Prof Monica Lahra
<Monica.Lahra@health.nsw.gov.au> | |
hepatitis | Australia | 1. Strengthen capacity for viral hepatitis
elimination. | Prof Benjamin Cowie <whoccvh@mh.org.au> | ||
STIs | China | 1. Support implementation of the Global Health
Sector Strategies 2022-2030. | Prof Xiang-Sheng Chen <chenxs@ncstdlc.org> | ||
STD/AIDS Centre for Treatment and Care, Beijing Ditan Hospital
| HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, syphilis | China | 1. Promote WHO guidelines on antiretroviral drugs. | Dr Jin Ronghua
<jinronghuadt@163.com> | |
hepatitis, liver cancer | Japan | 1. Provide technical assistance for liver cancer. | Dr Tetsuro Shimakami
<shimakami@m-kanazawa.jp> | ||
National Serology Reference Laboratory | HIV/AIDS, hepatitis | Australia | 1. Build capacities for quality assurance in HIV,
hepatitis, syphilis. | Dr Philippa Hetzel
<philippa@nrlquality.org.au> | |
Department of Vector Biology and Control, National
Institute for Communicable
| Vector-borne diseases, rodent-borne diseases,
diseases caused by ectoparasites | China | 1. Support entomological surveillance and
insecticide resistance monitoring. | Prof. Qiyong Liu
<liuqiyong@icdc.cn> | |
malaria | China | 1. Support WHO's capacity building for malaria. | Prof. Cao Jun <caojuncn@hotmail.com> | ||
Division of Medical Entomology Institute for Medical Research
| malaria, lymphatic filariasis, arboviral diseases,
dengue, chikungunya, zika | Malaysia | 1. Support research on malaria, filariasis,
arboviral diseases. | Dr Mohd Khadri Shahar <khadri@moh.gov.my> | |
dengue, arboviral diseases | Singapore | 1. Strengthen entomological, viral surveillance, and
dengue networks. | Dr Ng Lee Ching <ng_Lee_ching@nea.gov.sg> | ||
malaria | Australia | 1. Provide technical support and training for
malaria. | Prof Dennis Shanks
<dennis.shanks2099@gmail.com> | https://www.defence.gov.au/adf-members-families/wellbeing/adf-malaria-infectious-disease-institute
| |
Department of Parasitology Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
| malaria | Philippines | 1. Evaluate malaria diagnostic tests. | Atty Ana-Liza Hombrado-Duran
<alphduran@yahoo.com> | |
Institute of Parasitic Diseases (IPD) Chinese Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (China CDC)
| malaria, schistosomiasis, NTDs | China | 1. Support WHO in creating evidence on NTDs. | Dr Xiao-Nong Zhou <zhouxn1@chinacdc.cn> | |
Public Health Interventions Research Programme, Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales
| NTDs, Filarial infections | Australia | 1. Support data analysis for NTDs. | Prof. John Kaldor <jkaldor@kirby.unsw.edu.au> | |
Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory (MRL), Victorian
Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL) | Buruli ulcer | Australia | 1. Record and report M. ulcerans cases
systematically. | Prof. Tim Stinear <tstinear@unimelb.edu.au> | |
College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences,
Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University | Vector-borne diseases, NTDs, Lymphatic filariasis | Australia | 1. Support WHO capacity building for VBDs and NTDs. | Prof. Maxine Whittaker <maxine.whittaker@jcu.edu
.au> | |
Tropical Diseases Group, at the Infection and Immunity Theme, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
| scabies | Australia | 1. Assist WHO in estimating global scabies burden. | Dr Andrew Steer <andrew.steer@mcri.edu.au> | |
schistosomiasis | China | 1. Assist in training for schistosomiasis control. | Prof. Songyue Liang <liangsongyue@sina.com> | ||
Department of Virology, Institute for Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
| tropical and emerging viral diseases | Japan | 1. Participate in studies on tropical, emerging
viruses. | Dr Kouichi Morita <moritak@nagasaki-u.ac.jp> | |
tuberculosis | Australia | 1. Provide reference services for Mycobacterium
tuberculosis testing. | Dr Chris Coulter
<Chris.Coulter@health.qld.gov.au> | ||
Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute (Sydney ID), University of Sydney
| tuberculosis | Australia | 1. Support TB control and lab management capacity
building. | Prof Ben Marais <ben.marais@sydney.edu.au> | |
The Clinical Center on Tuberculosis, China CDC, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University
| tuberculosis | China | 1. Promote WHO standards on TB care and prevention. | Dr Sun Yuxian <yuxian960224@yeah.net> | |
Research Institute of Tuberculosis (RIT), Japan
Anti-Tuberculosis Association
| tuberculosis | Japan | 1. Support TB control and lab management capacity
building. | Dr Seiya Kato <kato@jata.or.jp> | |
Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, The Korean National Tuberculosis Association
| tuberculosis | Republic of Korea | 1. Assist implementation of the End TB Strategy in
high-burden countries. | Dr Gyeong-In Lee <gyeonginlee@hanmail.net> |