CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—The daily monitoring of possible cases of dengue in order to prevent an outbreak in the region is now the primordial activity of the Department of Health (DOH).
Teams have been sent by the DOH to provinces in Central Luzon to monitor barangays with clustering of dengue cases.
DOH Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) head Dr. Jessie Fantone said: “On a daily basis, we send out four teams to look for cases, monitor activities of barangays and provide resources including medicines and mosquito nets to prevent dengue outbreak in the region.”
Fantone said the criteria for choosing barangays they will monitor are those with 10 or more dengue cases or considered as hotspot areas.
The teams also monitor the DOH-retained and district hospitals for the presence of fast lanes.
The RESU chief said they now also conduct quarterly dengue mortality review aside from deployment of teams.
“This process allows us to check on the capability of hospitals in managing and treating the disease. This will also help us identify hospitals that need augmentation in terms of resources, as well as doctors who need additional training,” he explained.
The mortality review will also aid DOH in creating other policies and improving health delivery service, he added.
