WHO Team on Health System Resilience and Essential Public Health Functions Visits China CDC

On the morning of March 5, 2026, Dr. Redda Seifeldin, Technical Officer for Health System Resilience and Essential Public Health Functions at the World Health Organization (WHO), led a delegation to visit the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC). The two sides held in-depth exchanges on topics including drawing on China’s practical experience and improving countries’ capacity to deliver essential public health services. Heads of relevant departments and offices of the center, together with experts, attended the meeting.

During the meeting, Dr. Seifeldin introduced a WHO international project now being advanced to strengthen health system resilience and essential public health functions. She said WHO hopes to incorporate China’s advanced experience and good practices in disease prevention and control into the development of related tools, and to promote the establishment of a sustainable global knowledge sharing platform that can provide long-term support for countries seeking to strengthen health system resilience.

Experts from China CDC focused on sharing China’s practical achievements in building the public health emergency response system, improving management systems and mechanisms, preventing and controlling cross-border infectious diseases, and advancing digital surveillance and early warning. The two sides also carried out practical exchanges on these areas, the design of the WHO project, and future directions for cooperation.

Redda noted that both universal health coverage and health security require a strong public health system. She said China’s experience in infectious disease surveillance, emergency response, and primary level prevention and control offers important reference for other countries. She expressed the hope of strengthening personnel exchanges, training, and project cooperation with China CDC, so as to jointly promote the resilience and sustainable development of public health systems.