Results of the 2025 Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Disease Crisis Management Response Training Program

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The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) conducts response training to evaluate collaboration among local governments (metropolitan and local), and related agencies for the rapid and effective management of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. This study aims to analyze the operational outcomes of the 2025 response training, and propose strategies for improvement. Conducted across 17 metropolitan and provincial governments nationwide, the training program included four key areas: theoretical education on infectious diseases, functional exercises, tabletop exercises, and personal protective equipment training. Program effectiveness was evaluated through institutional assessments, individual participant-level evaluations and post-training satisfaction surveys. A total of 1,043 participants from 531 institutions participated in the training. Post-training evaluation demonstrated an enhanced understanding of response procedures and confirmed the effectiveness of interagency collaboration was confirmed. Overall, satisfaction survey results were positive. Response training for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases is crucial for strengthening local governments' field response capacity and assessing interagency collaboration. KDCA is going to strengthen response capacity of the local government by supporting training budget and by providing new scenarios. Copyright © Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.

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