The National Dengue Prevention and Control Program of the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) [30] includes the following components: (1) surveillance through the Philippine Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response, (2) case management and diagnosis, (3) integrated vector management, (4) outbre...
C. Visayas DoH Bats for Anti-Dengue Ordinance; to Ensure Community Support for Dengue PreventionByline: DANNY FAJARDO and MARS MOSQUEDAManila Bulletin
infectious disease surveillance and reporting is essential for public health efforts regarding outbreak response and disease mitigation; however, the control of outbreaks is challenging in low- and middle-income countries where resources are limited14. In addition, dengue outbreaks can overwhelm health sys...
[33]Velayudhan R (2010) Progress with dengue prevention and control. In: Meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Neglected Tropical Diseases; 30 June–1 July 2010; Geneva, Switzerland. Available: http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/NT?D_STAG_Report_2010.pdf. Accessed April...
And the Infectious Diseases Office (IDO) of the National Center for Disease Prevention and Control of the Department of Health (DOH), is one of those agencies. Through the National Dengue Prevention and Control Program, one of the IDOs 11 health programs, it is unwavering in its objective of...
But he said the department would strengthen its ongoing surveillance of those who received Dengvaxia and would investigate any cases of people falling ill. Despite the suspension, Duque said "vaccination is essential to the integrated approach in dengue prevention and control." ...