East Asia/Pacific Regional Office

At a glance

Launched in 2024, U.S. CDC’s East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Regional Office, located in Tokyo, Japan, is positioned to collaborate with 26 countries and territories in the region to strengthen core global health security capacities. Strategic global partnerships strengthen health systems in the region, reducing strain on U.S. resources and enhancing readiness against health threats. U.S. CDC advances regional health security to stop disease outbreaks at their source, making America safer.

Map of countries in the EAP region: Japan, Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Island countries and territories

Overview

Map of countries included in the region: Mongolia, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, American Samoa (Eastern Islands), Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federate States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa (Western Islands), Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna
This map displays countries in the CDC EAP geographic region.

The CDC East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Regional Office is strategically located in Tokyo, Japan and works across an expansive region to strengthen global health security disease detection and response. CDC enhances strategic collaboration bilaterally and multilaterally to address regional health security.

The EAP Regional Office fosters stronger collaboration and partnerships, improving the ability to detect public health threats across the region and stop them at their source. Additionally, it improves information exchange and shared best practices within the region. These efforts bolster regional and U.S. global health security.

Key areas of focus

Working together, CDC and partners will:

  • Strengthen collaboration and partnerships with partner governments, international organizations, academia, and other public and private partners to improve regional and global health security.
  • Improve detection and rapid response to emerging threats and diseases of public health importance.
  • Improve knowledge and information exchange between U.S. CDC and the region on effective public health practices and public health threats.

Regional goals

U.S. CDC and partners are collaborating to:

  • Enhance existing and develop new partnerships to advance health security priorities.
  • Strengthen capability of the public health workforce.
  • Strengthen the capacity of governments to effectively respond to public health emergencies.
  • Enhance use of data to improve public health response and development of policy.
  • Strengthen surveillance systems to better understand and predict disease trends.
  • Promote science and innovation in public health.
  • Strengthen public health laboratories.
  • Improve ability of countries in the region to address vaccine preventable diseases.
  • Work to eliminate diseases of public health importance.

Resources

Fact Sheet

Download the EAP Regional Office fact sheet.
East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAP) Fact Sheet
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