Review

Give some emerging

and re-emerging
diseases.
 Lesson 5: Agencies
responsible for
communicable disease
prevention and control
• There are several programs and policies
promoted by different health agencies to
prevent and control diseases.
• It is their prime purpose to ensure the health
and wellness of the people.
The following are the main
agencies that are responsible for
the prevention and control of
communicable diseases.
World Health Organization (WHO)
•It is the directing and coordinating
authority for matters concerning
the health of recipients within the
United Nations system.
Department of Health (DOH)
• The Department of Health (DOH), or Kagawaran ng
Kalusugan, is the administrative department of the
Philippine government responsible in supervising the
health of the public.
• The department is obliged to make sure that health
services are made available and accessible to all
Philippine citizens.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guarantees the
welfare, efficiency, cleanliness, and excellence of
processed foods, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics,
and household hazardous substances through state-
of-the art technology for the safety of public health.
Programs and policies on
communicable disease
prevention and control
• Every country has programs and policies that
help protect the public from infectious
diseases.
• Public health actions normally involve
removing the pathogen from its reservoir or
from its way of transmission.
Those measures include the following:

1. Guaranteeing a safe
water supply.
2. Dealing properly with sewage
treatment and disposal.
3. Introducing a food safety program.
4. Educating on animal control and
pet caring programs.
5. Holding vaccination programs.