RLE: Law on notifiable disease

Question 1

Law on reporting of communicable diseases mandates health workers to report notifiable diseases (e.g., dengue, rabies, leptospirosis, and HIV/AIDS to local and national health authorities.

Answer 1

Republic Act 3573

Question 2

The Philippine Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (PIDSR) integrates health statistics generated through the major disease surveillance systems in the country , viz.,

Answer 2

Notifiable Disease Reporting System (NDRS)
Field Health Service Information System (FHSIS)
National Epidemiology Sentinel Surveillance System (NESSS)
Expanded Program on Immunization Surveillance System (EPI Surveillance)
HIV-AIDS Registry

Question 3

Epidemic-prone diseases 1

Answer 3

Acute Bloody Diarrhea
Acute Encephalitis
Acute Hemorrhagic Fever Syndrome
Anthrax
Cholera
Dengue
Human Avian Influenza
Influenza-like illness

Question 4

Diseases targeted for eradication and elimination

Answer 4

Poliomyelitis ( Acute Flaccid Paralysis)
Measles
Neonatal Tetanus

Question 5

Other diseases or conditions of public health importance

Answer 5

Adverse events following immunization (AEFI)
Diphtheria
Non-neonatal tetanus
Pertussis
Rabies

Question 6

Epidemic-prone diseases

Answer 6

Leptospirosis
Malaria
Meningococcal Disease
Paralytic shellfish poisoning
Severe Acute respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Typhoid and Paratyphoid fever