THE PHILIPPINES’ RESPONSE TO PANDEMIC (H1N1) 2009

Presented by:Remigio M. Olveda, MD, Director

National Influenza Center,Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Department of Health

Third Meeting of the National Influenza Centres in the Western Pacific and South-East Asia Region

Beijing, China, April 18-20, 2009

DOH HEALTH EMERGENCY H1N1 TASK FORCE Members from Different Offices

NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCILChaired by the Secretary of HealthMembers from Different Government Agencies

The most recent survey done by Social Weather Station on the Philippine public

perception on the Government Response to protect Filipinos from outbreak of Diseases showed a high + rating of 40 ( equivalent to

very good) for the Pandemic (H1NI)

Roles Played by Philippine NIC for the Pandemic Response

Sources: RITM-NIC Influenza Surveillance and BOD Study (data up to week 29) RITM-NIC Laboratory Results for Pandemic H1N1 Tests (data up to week 32)

Sources: RITM-NIC Influenza Surveillance and BOD Study (data up to week 29) RITM-NIC Laboratory Results for Pandemic H1N1 Tests (data up to week 32)

Sources: RITM-NIC Influenza Surveillance and BOD Study (data up to week 29) RITM-NIC Laboratory Results for Pandemic H1N1 Tests (data up to week 32)

Sources: RITM-NIC Influenza Surveillance and BOD Study (data up to week 29) RITM-NIC Laboratory Results for Pandemic H1N1 Tests (data up to week 32)

Note: RITM-NIC Lab did not perform Influenza A screening in weeks 25-26

Sources: RITM-NIC Influenza Surveillance and BOD Study (data up to week 29) RITM-NIC Laboratory Results for Pandemic H1N1 Tests (data up to week 32)

a CUO (Pandemic) samples collected until week 32; Surveillance samples collected until week 29b Samples from sentinel sites, for subtyping by RT-PCRc Samples from CUOs and BOD, for subtyping by RT-PCR

Source: RITM-NIC Influenza Surveillance and Laboratory

Specimen Tested for Influenza, January to August 2009a

Weeks 1-31 Week 32 TOTAL (2009)

No. % No. % No. %No. of Specimen Tested 15667 205 15872 No. of Positive Specimen 6661 42.5 110 53.7 6771 42.7Positive Specimen by Type/Subtype Influenza A 6620 99.4 110 100.0 6730 99.4

A (Pandemic H1N1) 5756 86.9 96 87.3 5852 87.0

A (Unable to Subtype)b 41 0.6 0 0.0 41 0.6

A (Subtyping not done)c 658 9.9 14 12.7 672 10.0 A (H3N2) 142 2.1 0 0.0 142 2.1 A (H1N1) 23 0.3 0 0.0 23 0.3

Influenza B 41 0.6 0 0.0 41 0.6

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

• United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Through its Support for the Development of Influenza Surveillance Network in the Philippine Project which Started in 2005

• World Health Organization• Research Center for Emerging and Re-

emerging Diseases (RITM-Tohoku University Partnership Project)