TUBERCULOSIS

TB is considered as the worlds deadliest disease and remains as a major public health
problem in the Philippines.
THE NATIONAL TB PROGRAM
Vision: A country where TB is no longer a public health problem.

Mission: Ensure that TB DOTS services are available, accessible and affordable to
the communities in collaboration with the LGUs and other partne
Goal: to reduce prevalence and mortality from TB by half by the year 2015
(Millenium Development Goal)

Objectives
Objective A: Improve access to and quality services provided to TB patients,
TB symptomatic and communities by healthcare institutions and
providers
Objective B: Enhance the health seeking behaviour on TB by communities
especially the TB symptomatic.
Objective

C: Increase and sustain support and financing for TB control

activities.

Objective

D: strengthen management (technical and operational) of TB

control services of all levels.

AIDS/HIV

HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Program

Goal: contain the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other reproductive tract infections and
mitigate their impact.

Objectives:
1. Contain prevalence of HIV/AIDS among general population less than one year per
100000 population by the end of 2010.
2. Contain prevalence of HIV/AIDS among high risk or more in less than 3%
3. Contain the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among pregnant women ages 15-24 years
4. Reduce incidence of gonorrhoea among high risk of more vulnerable population
5. Reduce the transmission of STIs in the general population and among vulnerable
group by 12% or less. And condom use rate at least to high risk sex by 80%

Program Activities:
1. Availability of free voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing Service;
2. 100% Condom Use Program (CUP) especially for entertainment
establishments;
3. Peer education and outreach;
4. Multi-sectoral coordination through Philippine National AIDS Council
(PNAC);
5. Empowerment of communities;
6. Community assemblies and for a to reduce stigma;
7. Augmentation of resources of social Hygiene Clinics; and
8. Procured male condoms distributed as education materials during outreach.

Rabies: National Rabies Prevention and Control Program

Vision: To Declare Philippines Rabies-Free by year 2020

Goal: To eliminate human rabies by the year 2020.

Program Strategies:
To attain its goal, the program employs the following strategies:
1. Provision of Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) to all Animal Bite Treatment
Centers (ABTCs)
2. Provision of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to high risk individuals and
school children in high incidence zones
3. Health Education RA9482 The Rabies Act of 2007
4. Advocacy
September 28- World Rabies Day
March Rabies Awareness Month
5. Training/Capability Building
6. Establishment of ABTCs by Inter-Local Health Zone
7. DOH-DA joint evaluation and declaration of Rabies-free islands

DENGUE
Vision: Dengue Risk-Free Philippines
Mission: To improve the quality of health of Filipinos by adopting an integrated dengue
control approach in the prevention and control of dengue infection.
Goal:

Reduce morbidity and mortality from dengue infection by preventing the

transmission of the virus from the mosquito vector human.

Objectives:
The objectives of the program are categorized into three: health status objectives; risk
reduction objectives; and services & protection objectives.

Health Status Objectives:

Reduce incidence from 32 cases/100,000 population to 20 cases/100,000 population;

Reduce case fatality rate by <1%; and
Detect and contain all epidemics.

Risk Reduction Objectives:

Reduce the risk of human exposure to aedes bite by House index of <5 and Breteau
index of 20;
Increase % of HH practicing removal of mosquito breeding places to 80%; and
Increase awareness on DF/DHF to 100%.

Services & Protection Objectives:

Establish a Dengue Reference Laboratory capable of performing IgM capture ELISA for
Dengue Surveillance;
Increase the % of 1 and 2 government hospitals with laboratory capable of platelet
count and hematocrit; and
Ensure surveillance and investigation of all epidemics.