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Cholera in Samar and Task Force

As of June 2016, there were 3,496 reported cases of diarrhea in Eastern Visayas, Philippines, with 44 deaths. The towns of Guiuan and Balangiga in Eastern Samar had the highest reported incidence. A draft manual for emerging infectious diseases was created by the Philippine Department of Health through consultations, but it remains unpublished and no training on the manual has occurred. The manual is intended to guide the generic management and prevention of all potential emerging infectious diseases in the country.

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Cholera in Samar and Task Force

As of June 2016, there were 3,496 reported cases of diarrhea in Eastern Visayas, Philippines, with 44 deaths. The towns of Guiuan and Balangiga in Eastern Samar had the highest reported incidence. A draft manual for emerging infectious diseases was created by the Philippine Department of Health through consultations, but it remains unpublished and no training on the manual has occurred. The manual is intended to guide the generic management and prevention of all potential emerging infectious diseases in the country.

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Diarrheal Disease (Suspected Cholera) in Samar

As of June 14, 2016, the Department of Health reported 3,496 cases of diarrhea in
Eastern Visayas, with almost 44 people has died of the disease. The towns affected
are Guiuan and Balangiga of Eastern Samar, which known to have the highest
incidence reported (ABS-CBS News, 2016).
Source: http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/regions/06/14/16/diarrhea-deaths-ineastern-visayas-rise-to-44

Philippine Interagency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Disease


Emerging Infection (EID) Preparedness Manual
In regards with the EID manual, the Disease Prevention and Control Bureau of the
Department of Health mentioned that the EID was drafted after series of
consultation which up to this time is still on the publication phase. They told me that
they have not yet trained any health care professionals and other agencies involved
on this manual. The EID manual is the generic management and prevention of all
possible EREIDS in the country crafted & made by the Department of Health.

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