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Number of reported dengue cases

Requested from DOH by V. Romero at 10:34 AM on Sep 24, 2020.
Purpose: Research purposes
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2019
Tracking no: #DOH-204844299175

Romero 10:34 AM, Sep 24, 2020 

Good day! I am Vanessa Mae C. Romero, a graduate student from the Institute of Math, UP Diliman and would like to follow up on our email request last Feb 11 dengue related dataset. 

We are currently working on dengue modelling in the Philippine context and would like to request on dengue data from 2010-2019, specifically: Philippine data on weekly dengue reported suspected cases; Weekly confirmed cases;Weekly confirmed deaths per year;Lab confirmed cases from Jan 2017 – Dec 2019, with information of date of the diagnosis confirmation.

Thank you. Hoping for your soonest response.

Receiving Officer 01:31 PM, Sep 24, 2020 

September 24, 2020

Dear Vanessa Mae,

Thank you for your request dated Sep 24, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Number of reported dengue cases.

We received your request on Sep 24, 2020 and will respond on or before Oct 15, 2020 10:34:25 AM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC0yMDQ4NDQyOTkxNzUM, for request with ticket number #DOH-204844299175.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer

04:51 PM, Sep 28, 2020 

Hi Vanessa Mae Romero

We would like to extend our apologies to the late response to your eFOI request due to the voluminous requests from the general public. Please be informed that the Epidemiology Bureau (EB) of DOH gathers monthly data on disease surveillance that are posted in the DOH website at https://www.doh.gov.ph/statistics

We are endorsing this request to EB for further data, thank you


December 12, 2020

Dear Vanessa Mae Romero,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Sep 24, 2020 10:34:25 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Number of reported dengue cases.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have [some of]* the information you have requested. DOH-Epidemiology Bureau gathers monthly data on disease surveillance that are posted in the DOH website at https://www.doh.gov.ph/statistics

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Thank you.

Respectfully,
FOI Officer

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