The Dengue Vector Surveillance website (http://dengue.pchrd.dost.gov.ph/) carries information on mosquito population nationwide, as well as dengue incidence and other mosquito-related facts. The website is part of a program called Nationwide Dengue Vector Surveillance, an inter-agency cooperation strategy for intensifying the government's anti-dengue drive. Dengue, a disease common in tropical and
sub-tropical countries in the world, is transmitted through the bite of an Aedes mosquito, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The program began after a 2011 Memorandum of Agreement among government agencies led by the DOST, Department of Education (DepEd), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of Health (DOH). The first component of the Nationwide Dengue Vector Surveillance program is the deployment, installation and monitoring of the Ovicidal-Larvicidal (OL) traps in public elementary and high schools nationwide.
2. Reporting process
The second component of the Nationwide Dengue Vector Surveillance program is the establishment of a website for dengue vector surveillance. All information on the Dengue Vector Surveillance website will come from school coordinators. They will report weekly to the school coordinator tasked to send raw data via text messaging. School coordinators must register their cellular phones first to be able to submit data:
FOLLOWLAMOKSCHOOL ID and send to 2948
After registration, their report must follow this format:
POSTLAMOKno. of positive trapsno. of negative trapsno. of lost trapsdate harvested and send to 2948
The report will be received by telecom Mega Mobile, which will forward the data to the Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI)/Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) for data computation. The website, developed by PCHRD, inherited the basic functionalities of Google Map. When a school shows a red balloon, it means the campus has a high dengue alert. A white balloon indicates otherwise.
