[The Mid- and Long-term Plan for Climate Health (2024-2028)in Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency]

The Mid- and Long-term Plan for Climate Health is a basic plan established by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) to minimize public health damage and enhance climate resilience through efficient disease surveillance and preparation for and response to the climate crisis, recognizing that climate change is among the biggest threats to future health. The Mid- and Long-term Plan for Climate Health, which outlines the implementation plan for the following five years (2024-2028), envisions "enhancing national climate health resilience through leading climate crisis preparedness and response." It has two main objectives; "strengthening the proactive climate crisis preparedness and response system through disease surveillance" and "building a climate crisis adaptation infrastructure through public-private and global cooperation." Strategies to achieve these include strengthening the climate-disease alert function through proactive monitoring of climate crises, protecting public health by reinforcing the preparedness and response system for climate crises, enhancing public-private cooperation and global networking for climate crises response, and establishing a scientific infrastructure for climate health adaptation. Based on these strategies, the KDCA will comprehensively and systematically promote climate health initiatives.