KDCA History

1945
~ 1960

'1945Establishment of the Model Public Health Center,
the Joseon Quarantine Laboratory
The National Chemical Laboratory
'1959Integration into the Korea National Institue of Health
'1963Integration of the National Quarantine Laboratory, the National Chemical Laboratory, the Health Worker Traning Center, and the National Laboratory of Hernal Medicine into the Korea National Institue of Health
'1966Name changed to the Korea National Institute of Health

1970
~ 1990

'1977Establishment of the Masan branch Institute
'1978Reorganization of the Department of Sanitation into the National Institute of Environmental Research
'1981Name changed to the Korea National Institute of Health and establishment of the Division of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
'1992Establishment of the Division of Research Planning
'1996Separation of the Food and Drug Safety Headquarters and establishment of the Department of Special Diseases
(Currently, the Center for Biomedical Sciences)
'1998Integration of the National Social Welfare Training Institute and establishment of the Department of Health and Welfare Training
'1999Establishment of the Department of Infectious Disease Control

2000
~ Present

'2002Foundation of the Central Genome Research Center(Currently, the Department of Precision Medicine)
'2004Reorganization and expansion into the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) with the National Institute of Health (NIH) and 13 national quarantine stations
'2005Devision Reorganization
(Foundation of the Division of Life Science Research Management, Division of Biosafety Evaluation & Control, and Division of Bioscience Information)
'2007Establishment of the Public Health Emergency Response Team
'2009Structural reorganization(Foundation of the Division of Respiratory Virus Infection)
'2010Relocation to Osong in December and establishment of the Division of Organ Donation Support, thet Division of Organ Transplant Management, and the Center for Korean Network for Organ Sharing
'2011Establishment of the Division of Health and Nutrition Survey and operation of specialized laboratory(BL3 facility)
'2012Establishment of the Division of Vaccine Research, construction of The national Biobank of Korea and expansion of Korean Cohort Study and Research Infrastructure
'2014Establishment of the National Center for Medical Information and Knowledge, the Division of Allergy and Chronic Respiratory Diseases and the Division of Medical Science Knowledge MAnagement
'2015Establishment of the Division of Medical Radiation and the Division of Tuberculosis Epidemic Investigation
'2016Elevation of the KCDC to the viceministerial level, establishment of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and the Division of Risk Communication, the Division of Risk Analysis and International Cooperation, the Division of Infectious Disease Diagnosis Control and Team of General Affairs
'2017Structural Reorganization(Established one department and four divisions) (The Department of Planning and Coordination, the Division of Planning for Future Infectious Deseases, the Division of Healthcare Associated Infection Control, the Division of Chronic Disease Prevention, and the Division of Rare Disease Management)
'2019Division Reorganization
Namte changed to the Division of Climate Change and Health Protection, the Division of Public Health Emergency and Bioterrorism, the Division of Emerging Infectious Disease Response, the Division of Infectious Disease Policy Coordination and the Division of Zoonotic and Vector Borne Disease Control)
'2020Elevation to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) and Structural reorganization (Adding the position of Vice Commissioner; 16 divisions under three bureaus and departments; two divisions under one department; one laboratory; five Regional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and one office
'2024Structural Reorganization
The Division of Disease Surveillance Strategy, and the Division of Immunization Policy