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The Communicable Disease Centre (CDC) turns 100 this year!
From its humble beginning as a quarantine camp in 1907, the CDC had remained at the forefront of the infectious diseases challenges in Singapore for the past 100 years, as the community battled smallpox, plague, diphtheria, thyroid, cholera and malaria in the early 1900s, to HIV, Nipah virus, SARS and the threats of a flu pandemic in recent years.
As CDC advanced into its next century, the institution aims to continue its vital role and function in Singapore’s public health system, with emphasis on research, training and education. Moving in tandem with medical advancement, science and technology, CDC will stay relevant in supporting the communities and the nation in the years ahead.
On 11 November 2007, CDC held a half-day Centennial Seminar at the NHG’s Annual Scientific Congress 2007 where clinicians from CDC shared on their medical experiences and expertise from the centre’s continual battle against existing and emerging infectious diseases in Singapore.
A commemorative publication entitled 100 years was also launched at the seminar to mark the 100th year anniversary. The 114-page publication, which chronicles the milestones and CDC’s experiences, is now available at the Heritage Museum, Level 1 TTSH at $20 each. All proceeds will go towards the Infectious Diseases Research Centre’s Endowment Fund.
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