Democratic People's Republic of Korea national influenza programme: influenza factsheet 2018

Influenza factsheet – DPR Korea | 2020 Influenza factsheet 2018 Democratic PeoPle’s rePublic of Korea national Influenza Programme Basic information (2018) Total population 25 404 298 Children <5 years 1 669 047 Under-5 mortality rate (per 1000 LBa) 16.9 Life expectancy at birth (years)2 73.9 Provinces/divisions/regions 12 (9 provinces, 3 cities) Districts 209 Total health expenditure (% of GDP) - Income level (World Bank) alive births 1http://www.searo.who.int/immunization/data/dprk_2018.pdf 2https://www.who.int/gho/publications/world_health_statistics/2018/en/ 3https://data.worldbank.org/country/Korea-dem-peoples-rep Population pyramid (by age and sex) Source: https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/DemographicProfiles/ Influenza factsheet – DPR Korea | 2020 Influenza surveillance Surveillance systems System Site type System type Sample collection National SARI surveillance - Sentinel Yes National ILI surveillance - Sentinel Yes Sentinel surveillance (epidemiological) Characteristics Surveillance system SARI ILI Case definition WHO 2011 WHO 2011 Target population - - Number of municipalities - - Number of sites 66 46 Selection for sampling All Systematic (1 in 10) Reporting frequency Weekly Weekly Sentinel surveillance (virological) Yes Sentinel Yes 30 Virological surveillance National or sentinel Epidemiological case information provided Weekly average no. of samples processed Samples from both surveillance systems Yes National Influenza Centre (NIC) 1 2009 PCR 50% Yes - Yes Number of NICs Year of establishing as a NIC Routine assays performed at NIC/national laboratory Percentage of laboratories with RT-PCR Detection of other respiratory virus by PCR Which ones? Availability of a quality control plan Sending samples to WHO CC No Which WHO CC? - Frequency - Influenza factsheet – DPR Korea | 2020 Reporting Every two months Yes Yes Frequency of published national reports Does it Include sentinel data? Integration of epidemiological and virological information Is it reported through a website? No - Yes Monthly Website link Reporting to FluNet Frequency Reporting to FluID Yes (from Nov 2018) Frequency Monthly Virological data (FluNet) Plotted in R (ggplot2). Data source: FluMART, available at http://apps.who.int/flumart/ Influenza vaccination No - - - No Is there a formal national seasonal influenza policy? Year of introduction Recommended risk groups Vaccination period Vaccination type Vaccine production capacity in 2014 No Influenza factsheet – DPR Korea | 2020 For technical information, please contact: Dr Pushpa Ranjan Wijesinghe, Programme Area Manager (Infectious Hazard Management). Email: wijesinghep@who.int Pandemic preparedness Is there a national influenza preparedness plan? Yes Year developed 2009 Year updated 2015