The training equips NCID staff to be able to respond to various foreseeable Emerging Infectious Disease (EID) scenarios, such as small-scale outbreaks, a single case of High Level Isolation Pathogen, or community outbreaks.
NCID also fosters inter-cluster collaborations to ensure a more coordinated and effective outbreak response at the national level. For example, the Paediatrics Infectious Diseases Workgroup, which has representatives from NCID, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and National University Hospital oversees the overall planning and execution of outbreak responses for paediatric, neonatal and obstetric patients with highly infectious pathogens. The Workgroup co-develops training standards on care and trains together to provide holistic care for these groups of patients in the event of an outbreak.