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Posted on 25 June 2007 MANILA –Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III hailed the crafting of the Philippine Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (PIDSR) system as the new foundation for effective disease surveillance system in the country.
Speaking at the gathering of health and local government officials and other stakeholders for the presentation of the PIDSR at the Astoria Plaza Hotel last 20 June 2007, Sec. Duque said that the PIDSR framework comes just in time when the International Health Regulations 2005 (IHR-2005) of the World Health Organization (WHO) calls for “maximum protection for all people around the world through a global surveillance network that will deal not only with problems of emerging and resurging infections but other cross-border health threats with great international repercussions.” “The PIDSR comes at a time when we must all prepare to work under new rules of global engagement,” Duque said. “At this forum, we are hence launching a renewed national commitment for timely and reliable health statistics through PIDSR.” “By making it a bedrock of a more responsive and effective disease surveillance system, we envision a country adequately protected from the destructive health, economic, and social impact of diseases through an integrated surveillance network linking all the activities of governments and multiple stakeholders at all levels,” Duque said. PIDSR is a product of months of consultations, workshops, and research among health stakeholders and a team of consultants under the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded Strengthening Epidemiological Surveillance and Response (ESR) project for Communicable Diseases in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines (TA No. 6305 – REG), being implemented by PRIMEX as the Lead Consulting Firm. It is the Philippine strategy for harmonizing and integrating previously uncoordinated and ineffective disease surveillance systems in the country while institutionalizing a mechanism that would enable efficient responses to findings of surveillance. Three documents have so far been produced related to the new framework, including “PIDSR: A National Strategy for Emerging Diseases 2008-2010”, “Manual of Procedures for the PIDSR,” and “Guidelines in the Implementation of the Philippine Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (PIDSR).” Back to Top | About RETA 6305 | Back to News/Events
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