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. 2024 Jun 28;15(2):1–7. doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2024.15.2.1083

Table 2. Health event reported through the pilot jail-based early warning system in Calabarzon, the Philippines, from 1 July to 15 September 2021.

Date of occurence Pilot facility Health event No. of cases detected Actions Response
5 July 2021 Jail A Influenza 7 Verified and recorded -LHU monitoring
-Clinical management
-Isolation of cases
-Active case finding
9 July 2021 Jail B Influenza 10 Verified and recorded -LHU monitoring
-Clinical management
-Isolation of cases
-Active case finding
13 July 2021 Jail A Foodborne illness 4 Verified and recorded -Clinical management
-Active case finding
-Inspection of food handling
21 July 2021 Jail B Foodborne illness 2 Verified and recorded -LHU monitoring
-Clinical management
-Active case finding
-Inspection of food handling
21 July 2021 Jail C Foodborne illness 2 Verified and recorded -LHU monitoring
-Clinical management
-Active case finding
-Inspection of food handling
29 July 2021 Jail C Influenza 2 Verified and recorded -LHU monitoring
-Clinical management
-Isolation of cases
-Active case finding
6 August 2021 Jail D Adverse effect following immunization 2 Verified and recorded -LHU monitoring
-Clinical management
3 September 2021 Jail B Influenza 3 Verified and recorded -LHU monitoring
-Clinical management
-Isolation of cases
-Active case finding
5 September 2021 Jail A Conjunctivitis 2 Verified and recorded -Clinical management
-Isolation of cases
-Active case finding
5 September 2021 Jail E Pulmonary tuberculosis 2 Verified and recorded -LHU monitoring
-Clinical management
-Isolation of cases
-Active case finding

LHU: local health unit.