The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF – EID) was created through Executive Order No. 168, s. 2014 in pursuance to the constitutional policy enshrined in Article II, Section 15 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, which provides that the State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them.

The IATF – EID is an inter-sectoral collaboration created to establish preparedness and ensure efficient government response to assess, monitor, contain, control, and prevent the spread of any potential pandemic in the Philippines. The IATF-EID is mandated to establish a system to identify, screen, and assist Filipinos suspected or confirmed to be infected with EID; and to prevent and/or minimize the entry of suspected or confirmed individuals with EID in the country, as well as prevent and/or minimize local spread of EID in the country.