Epidemiology Bureau Date of Release

Event-based Surveillance and Response (ESR)

mm/dd/yyyy
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Document Type Verification report Follow-up report no.: Code:

I. DETECTION
Source of information:
Date detected: mm/dd/yyyy
R/LESU
Time detected: 00:00 AM/PM Internet/Media link
Others specify

II. FILTER AND VERIFICATION

Type of health event: If outbreak, was there an official declaration?
Date of verification:
Suspect Yes No N/A
mm/dd/yyyy If yes, who declared it?
Confirmed
Clustering LGU CHD-RESU DOH-EB
Time of verification:
Increasing Others specify
00:00 AM/PM
Outbreak For LGU declared outbreak, Ye
was it validated by RESU? s No N/A
Others
specify Date of declaration:

a. Description of health event

Title of health event:
Location of health event: Region
Province/PHI
Municipality
Barangay
Name of Facility/Others
Initial/previously Initial/previously
Start date: mm/dd/yyyy reported no. of cases: 0 reported no. of deaths: 0
Adde Subtracted Adde Subtracted
d 0 d 0
Latest onset: mm/dd/yyyy Total no. of cases: 0 Total no. of deaths: 0

b. Health status (indicate counts of c. Profile of cases (indicate counts of case/s) d. Profile of deaths (indicate counts of death/s)
case/s)

Admitted: Sex: Age/Age range: Sex: Age/Age range:

0
Male: Min.: Male: Min.:
RHU/OPD consulted: 0 0 0 0 0
No consultation: Female: Max.: 0 Female: 0 Max.: 0
0 0
For verification: Unknown: 0 Median: 0 Unknown: 0 Median: 0
0

e. Summary of the health event (Describe what happened, common signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and the timeline of events, and distribution of cases and deaths if
multiple locations are affected) [Note: list summary in bullets]

f. Outcome (indicate counts Active 0 Recovered 0 Died 0 For verification

of case/s) 0

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g. Laboratory details Was there a procedure done? Yes No For verification
(fill up table below if laboratory examination is done)
Source
No.of No.of No.of
(human/ Etiologic
Type of Type of cases/ positive negative
animal/ agent/pathogen Remarks
Specimen Examination done samples cases/ cases/
environment isolated/detected
tested samples samples
etc.)

..add rows as needed

III. ASSESSMENT

a. Status of Health Event Open Closed Date closed:

b. Level of concern (Please select criteria based on the assessment)
Public Health Event of Local Concern (PHELC)
The health event is confined in a specific geographical location (barangay/cities/municipalities)
The number and severity of cases, deaths, and affected population are higher than expected but within the healthcare system
capacity
The health event may involve diseases with existing guidelines for the implementation of preventive and/or control measures to
manage the event
Public Health Event of Regional Concern (PHERC)
The health event has potential to spread to other provinces/Highly urbanized Cities/Independent Component Cities
The number and severity of cases, deaths, and affected population are higher than expected and/or cases are continuously
increasing despite response activities conducted
The health event requires technical assistance from the regional level in the conduct of epidemiological investigation and/or conduct
of control measures
Public Health Event of National Concern (PHENC)
The health event has potential characteristics to cross boundaries or borders (regions or other countries)
Novel health event
The health event involved vulnerable population (e.g. children, pregnant, elders, healthcare workers) from two or more regions
The health event may require national level attention, resources and immediate implementation of control measures due to either of
the following:
Has attracted public, media or political interest
The epidemic transmission route is new or unusual
Epidemics associated with health service failure or linked to breakdown in standards of health care delivery such as the
following but not limited to infection control failure or systemic immunization failure
Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)
Health event formally declared by the World Health Organization (WHO)
c. Assistance needed (please specify request)
Category Yes/ Details/Description Remarks
No
1. Technical support for surveillance

2. Human resource

3. Medicines/Medical supplies

4. Laboratory supplies/logistics

5. Health promotion materials

6. Field/Epidemiologic investigation

7. Others

IV. RESPONSE

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 Status
Specific Actions taken/Planned
Response Office/Agency Date started (pending/ongoing/
activities
done)
1. Case management mm/dd/yyyy
2. Laboratory confirmation
3.Field/Epidemiologic
investigation*
4. Program
management/counter
measures
5. Health education and
promotion
6. Response coordination
mechanism
7. Others
..add rows as needed

*Level of ESU who conducted epidemiologic investigation

(select all that applies) MESU CESU PESU RESU EB
V. REPORT GENERATION
Name (s) of source(s) of information
Contact number of sources of information N/A
Who has been informed? EB, DPCB, HEMB, HPB, RITM and WHO
Prepared by: Reviewed/Noted by: Approved by:

Ma. Justina G. Zapanta, RN, PHSAE

Section Lead, ESR-PHSD

Angel A. Bantang, RND Vito G. Roque Jr., MD, PHSAE Alethea R. De Guzman, MD, MCHM, PHSAE
HPO II – ESR-PHSD Division Chief, PHSD Director IV, EB
Public Health Event of Local (L), Regional (R), National (N) Concern
Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC); according to WHO-International Health Regulation Definition

DISCLAIMER: Information indicated in this report may change upon further validation or investigation made by the epidemiology and surveillance units and other concerned agencies.

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