Framework on EREID

OPERATIONAL PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

FRAMEWORK ON EREID

PRE- Post-incident
EVENT
PREPAREDNESS EVENT RESPONSE POST
Evaluation
-EVENT

AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNANCE

Policy Thrust for Preparedness and Response of Emerging Infectious
Diseases
1. Policy Development and Operationalization –formulation of
plans and guidelines
2. Capacity development – trainings, logistical support, manpower
3. Service Delivery- Quarantine, surveillance, clinical case
management,decontamination and infection and control
4. Network and Coalition Building- Engagement of partners and
stakeholders both from public and private sectors
5. Advocacy- Proper communication of risk to the public and the
media
 PREPAREDNESS
• Capability building activities
• Procurement of necessary logistics
• Creation of Rapid Response Teams for
EREID outbreaks
• Development of policies,plans and programs
• Creation of a fully functional network of
multi-collaborative partnerships thru
linkaging
PRE-EVENT(ROLES and RESPONSIBILITIES)
• REGIONAL HEALTH OFFICES
Support (technical assistance, workforce, logistics) to supplement local Epidemic
investigations and control.
Provision of technical assistance to LGUs, Health Facilities and other agencies.
Ensure networking, coordination and collaboration with other Natioanal Government
Agencies, Non- Government Organizations, Health Facilities both government and
private.
Provide technical and logistical assistance in establishing EREID and Epidemiology
Surveillance Units at the Provincial/City/ Municipal Health Offices.
Ensure risk communication plans and trained workforce are capacitated and able to
respond in terms of EREID crisis.
Creation of Regional epidemic preparedness and response plans including creation of a
response teams
Local Government Units
establish and maintain Rapid Response Teams under their responsibility
Collect, organize, analyze and interpret surveillance data in their respective
areas through their respective ESUs
Verify and Report all available essential information to Regional Office
Ensure Risk communication plans and trained workforce are capacitated
Establish efficient and effective referral systems for cases from the community
and to designated referral hospital
Ensure the functionality of the Provincial/Municipal/City Disease Surveillance,
Preparedness and Response Systems
Procurement of necessary logistics for precautionary measures
HEALTH FACILITIES
• Ensure availability of policies,guidelines, protocols and procedures on
Infection Prevention and Control and Managing EREID.
• Have organized trained workforce on Infection Prevention and Control,
Epidemiological Surveillance, Basic Laboratory skills such as sample
collection and transport.
• Shall ensure adequate supplies and other logistical support such as
ambulance and communication equipment.
• Develop EREID preparedness and response plans.
• Shall ensure availability of isolation rooms, wash areas, disposables of
contaminated materials
RESPONSE (EVENT)
• ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE and EARLY DETECTION- Quarantine and
Immediate containment of EID within Ports of Entry.

• Epidemiological Investigation and Contact Tracing

• Risk Communication

• Clinical Case Management

Linking EREID, SURVEILLANCE TO DRRM-H
- To ensure efficient and coordinative response,

 Activation of Incident Command System

 Activation of Emergency Operation Center
 Creation of Inter-Agency Task force
 Multi-sectoral meetings
 Conduct crash course trainings
CASE REFERRAL FLOW

Person
Under ------------------------
Hospital Clinical case
investigation Quarantine Management
RESU-HEMS
ACTION POINTS
• HOSPITALS
• Client screening/ Triaging/ Temperature surveillance upon
entry
• Logistical support (e.g., masks, PPEs)
• Provision of holding area for possible suspected cases
• Coordination with RESU for possible suspected cases
• Reiteration of precautionary measures
• Information and Education Campaigns
• No disclosure of possible suspected cases
• Health Facilities (RHUs,Private Clinics)
• Client screening/ Triaging/ Temperature surveillance
upon entry
• Logistical support (e.g., masks, PPEs)
• Provision of holding area for possible suspected cases
• Coordination with RESU for possible suspected cases
• Reiteration of precautionary measures
• Information and Education Campaigns
ACTION POINTS
• Referral Hospitals
• Provision of isolation rooms/ rooms for admission of Persons under
investigation (PUIs)
• Logistical support (e.g., masks, PPEs)
• Provision of holding area for possible suspected cases
• Coordination with RESU for possible admitted cases and laboratory
sampling
• Clinical case management
• Information and Education Campaigns
• No disclosure of possible suspected cases
ACTION POINTS
• Local Government Units
• Establishment of Incident Management Team
• Strengthening of Disaster Risk Reduction Management
in Health (DRRMH) Preparedness and Response
• Review and revisiting of RA 11332 – Law on Notifiable
Diseases
ACTION POINTS
• Local Government Units
• Reactivation and strengthening of local
Province/City/Municipal Epidemiological
Surveillance Unit
• Designation of Surveillance Officer from
organic personnel
• Establishment of a system to identify,
screen and facilitate persons suspected to
be infected
ACTION POINTS
• Local Government Units
• Information dissemination to the public on the virus
and its prevention, control and management to
promote positive health behaviour and address
public fear and anxiety thru the IEC and risk
communication
• Provision of isolation rooms for all LGU-run health
facilities
• Active Surveillance and contact tracing
• Provision of necessary funding for instituting
appropriate measures
ACTION POINTS
• Local Government Units
• Procurement of necessary logistics for
precautionary measures (e.g. masks, PPEs)
• Issuance of press releases to avoid panic but no
disclosure of possible suspected cases
• Coordination with all concerned stakeholders for
appropriate measures
Because no one knows what new diseases will emerge,
the public health system must be prepared for the
unexpected…
-US-CDC

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