Poor surveillance contributed to polio reemergence in PH – DOH

📆 9/23/2019 8:40 PM
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Poor surveillance on cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in the country the past few years was among the three factors that contributed to the re-emergence of polio in the Philippines, Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo said.

“’Yong AFP surveillance medyo mahina din talaga in the last three or four years. Very few people were reporting. Importante din ‘yon – ‘yon ang third component ,” Domingo said. The first two components are the vaccination coverage, which must be at 95 percent, and the environment sanitation.

He said that the lack of focal persons assigned to do AFP monitoring caused the poor surveillance in the last few years.Underscoring the need to intensify surveillance, the Department of Health has ordered a stricter reporting and monitoring of AFP cases nationwide. “Ngayon, mas tight at mas active ang ating AFP surveillance , we are getting these cases and hopefully we can detect if there are other cases to confirm if it’s polio or not,” Domingo added.

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