Section 2
Implementing Agencies
Section 2.
Implementing Agencies.
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A. Lead Agency: Department of Health (DOH)
The DOH, as lead agency, shall implement the—"Bakuna and Una sa Sanggol at Ina"—to strengthen the routine reaching of all mothers and infants with safe and effective vaccines; and to identify, investigate and report vaccine-preventable disease cases.
It shall embark on a mass measles vaccination campaign for all children ages 9 months to 48 months old nationwide.
The DOH shall formulate, disseminate guidelines and procedures on implementing the—"Bakuna and Una sa Sanggol at Ina",—including the introduction of new vaccines based on analysis conducted by a technical working group; provide technical assistance to Local Government Units (LGUs); conduct national/regional advocacy and social mobilization activities; provide, allocate and distribute in a timely manner all the necessary vaccines; and monitor submission of required reports of all LGU health system activities.
Jointly with Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), it shall compile, disseminate and publish semi-annual reports of progress and performance on this immunization program.
B. Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
The DILG shall advocate to all LGUs to achieve and maintain minimum standards of staffing, financial support, supplies and communication/advocacy to community representatives to achieve this goal. It shall submit quarterly reports of LGUs compliance to DOH.
C. Department of Education (DepEd)
The DepEd shall ensure the complete vaccination status of all children entering primary school. It shall further ensure that mothers of all children with incomplete immunization shall be informed of the immunization program being provided by the government. It shall coordinate with the local government health units for the complete vaccination of these children. It shall identify and report any case of suspected vaccine-preventable disease, which has met the standard case definitions, to the concerned local health units. It shall annually monitor the school entry lists to ensure compliance by all schools and submit annual reports of schools' compliance to DOH.
D. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
The DSWD shall ensure the complete vaccination status of all children in day care centers and pre-schools during the first week of school. It shall further ensure that mothers of all children with incomplete immunization shall be informed of the immunization program being provided by government. It shall coordinate with the local government health units for complete vaccination of these children. It shall identify and report any case of suspected vaccine-preventable disease, which has met the standard case definitions to the concerned local health units. It shall annually monitor daycare centers/pre-schools entry lists to ensure compliance of these schools and submit annual reports of schools' compliance to DOH.
E. Council for the Welfare for Children (CWC)
The CWC shall coordinate with DepEd, DSWD, DILG and LGUs, to ensure that all incompletely vaccinated children in schools, day-care centers, pre-schools, and other places, to be fully vaccinated and correspondingly reported to DOH. It shall coordinate reporting of suspect vaccine-preventable disease cases among DOH, LGUs, DepEd and DSWD.
Jointly with DOH, it shall compile, disseminate and publish semi-annual reports of progress and performance on this immunization program.
F. Local Government Units (LGUs)
The LGUs shall ensure that every pregnant mother and infant are given complete immunization FREE OF CHARGE. Aside from the weekly health center-based vaccination sessions, it shall provide systematic outreach services to ensure full immunization of infants/children/mothers and other intervention that can save children's/mother's lives. They shall organize regular immunization outreach services and other essential maternal and child health package of services. They shall maintain the standards set by DOH for staffing, provide adequate needles and syringes; finance traveling expenses of BHWs to carry-out the follow-up on the immunization services. They shall conduct vigorous social mobilization activities.
All health workers, including doctors, nurses and midwives, shall fully participate in providing free immunization, regardless of route - intramuscular, oral, subcutaneous, intradermal. All LGUs shall submit accomplishment reports of the immunization coverage and activities as follows: provinces and chartered cities to report quarterly vaccine coverage to regions; municipalities and component cities to report monthly vaccine coverage to provinces.
The LGUs shall identify and report all suspected vaccine-preventable disease cases that meet the standard case definitions to the next higher level epidemiologic surveillance unit. They shall still submit weekly "zero reporting" even if there were no identified vaccine-preventable disease cases.
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The LGUs shall conduct regular Supplemental Immunization Activities (SIAs) and/or "Child Health Days", as determined by, and according to the guidelines of DOH.
G. Civil Society
All members of the civil society, non-government organizations, professional organizations, and other concerned groups, are encouraged to support this national commitment for—"Bakuna and Una sa Sanggol at Ina",—through issuances of resolutions, letters, and other mechanisms of information dissemination and social mobilization, to all members of their organizations.
Any children vaccinated outside the public health system should be reported to the local government unit.
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They shall identify and report any suspected vaccine-preventable disease cases meeting the standard case definitions to local government health units.