Vision
A center of excellence in applied epidemiology and surveillance that promotes public health decisions guided by strategic information for best possible health outcomes
Mission
- We provide stakeholders with surveillance and epidemiologic information to prevent and control outbreaks and to improve health policies, programs and systems
- We develop competent health personnel to detect and respond to public health threats
General Functions
- Develop and evaluate surveillance systems and other health information systems
- Collect, analyze and disseminate reliable and timely information on the health status
- Investigate disease outbreaks and other threats to public health
- Network public health laboratories in support of epidemilogical and surveillance activities
Divisions
1.Applied Epidemiology Health Management Division
Specific Functions
- Investigate and respond to epidemics and other urgent public health threats as the need arises
- Develop and maintain field epidemiology training programs for public health workers
- Develop, capture, filter, verify, assess, respond, disseminate and evaluate event-based surveillance systems
- Collect and maintain resource materials on epidemiology, surveillance, management and monitoring and evaluation in public health.
2. Public Health Surveillance Division
Specific Function
- Undertake notifiable disease surveillance through Philippine Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response.
3. Survey, Monitoring & Evaluation Division
Specific Functions
- Provide statistical services to priority health programs of the DOH
- Monitoring non-behavioral risk factors priority non-communicable diseases through globally standardized survey
- Monitor HIV and AIDS Registry and Integrated HIV Behavioral and Serologic Surveillance, size estimates and Most At-Risk Population
- Provide program health indicators information
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Last Updated : September 5, 2017