CAMPO, SHYNNA G.

BSMT - MT2B
MTCC 115

NATIONAL DENGUE AWARENESS MONTH

TASK 1

The Declaration No. 1204 series 1998 announces the long stretch of June as the
National Dengue Awareness Month. The Department of Health (DOH) on June 15 drove
the lead of the 2021 Asean Dengue Day Regional Forum in recognition of the National
Dengue Awareness Month with the topic "ASEAN Unite Against Dengue Amidst the
COVID-19 Pandemic". ASEAN Dengue Day was established to raise awareness about
the importance of fighting against mosquito-borne diseases.

During the current year's festival, the Philippines was recognized as the lead country for
the festival of the Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Dengue Day
wherein the members had shared their prescribed procedures in the avoidance and
control of dengue inside the area in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic during the
Asean Dengue Day Regional discussion.

The Philippines has shared the advancement in its dengue counteraction and control
since the Declaration of the National Epidemic in August 2019. Statistics and research
has been established. As of 2020, there has been an 81% drop in dengue cases and
deaths in the whole year. The DOH noted that the implementation of the 4S-Strategy
against mosquito-borne diseases has greatly contributed to the decrease in cases of
these infections. In view of the Philippine Integrated Disease Surveillance and
Response Report, there is a notice proceeding with 55% decline in cases and 56%
diminishing in passings during a similar time-frame. Through the declaration of the
national epidemic in 2019, the Philippines has made significant progress in its efforts to
control and prevent the spread of dengue.

The DOH highlighted that such an achievement can be ascribed to the execution of
"Rules for the Nationwide Implementation of the Enhanced 4S-Strategy against
Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika". Therefore, they come up with the updated techniques
and the principle techniques include: Search and obliterate mosquito-rearing locales;
Self-security (i.e., wearing long jeans and long-sleeved shirts, and day by day utilization
of mosquito repellent); Seeking early conference; and Support hazing/splashing just in
area of interest regions fully expecting expanded irresistible infections, particularly
during the blustery or rainy season where such disease is prevalent.
To additionally fortify its anticipation, the DOH, through the Disease Prevention and
Control Bureau (DPCB), has delivered strategy issuances identified with the flow
Dengue exercises like the Department Order No. 2020-0536, named "Rules in the
Conduct of a Dengue Mortality Review", and Administrative Order No. 2021-0009,
named "Rules for the Establishment of Dengue Centers of Excellence (COEs) in
Tertiary Hospitals''. These mediations are meant to distinguish current holes in clinical
administration and to further develop the assistance conveyance for dengue that
happens to be prevalent in the current season in our country and even in other
countries that are seasonal.

In spite of the diminishing pattern, the Centers for Health Development (CHDs) and
Local Government Units (LGUs) are urged to constantly execute the Enhanced
4S-Strategy to meet our objective and solely trying to eradicate dengue cases where
everybody is ordered to participate in the web-based media challenges set up like the
asserted program like BIDA+ 4S OOTD Challenge and the Kapihan meeting that
occurred on June 17, 2021 in order for the study of the DOH program on National
Aedes-borne Viral Diseases Prevention and Control Program and promotion of the
program globally.