National Directorate for Disease Control

The National Directorate for Disease Control (NDDC; Arabic: الادارة الوطنية لمراقبة الامراض al-idārah al-waṭanīyah li-marāqabat al-amrāḍ) is the national public health institute of the Republic of Palestine. It is funded directly by and subordinate to the Palestinian government via the authority of the Minister of Health, and is responsible primarily for the development and implementation of relevant and professional standards of disease prevention and control across Palestinian society, primarily in the hospitals of the National Health Authority and public work- and gathering-places. The NDDC has exclusive jurisdiction within the territory of Palestine to issue quarantine orders, which may only be retracted by the directorate itself or by special order of a Palestine Arab Congress-appointed panel of health and science experts.