Health workers trained in deployed psychosocial interventions

The Department of Health Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) began Monday to deploy health workers trained in psychosocial interventions to provide direct interventions to vaccinated Dengvaxia and their "We must Immediately deploy these trained health workers in Dengvaxie affected communities in the region to address concerns such as depression, anxiety and psychosocial issues that the vaccinated and their families have experienced since the beginning of the year. Epidemic Dengvaxia panic, "said Dr. Janairo at the conclusion of the training for psychosocial intervention in Tagaytay City, Cavite, June 28, 2018." These health workers can effectively facilitate interventions because that they learn to recognize the signs of psychosocial distress, can use supportive listening techniques, provide an educational on stress reduction techniques, as well as referring to speciali The regional office trained a total of 430 health workers, including provincial health team leaders, development management officers, community health workers, and health workers. program managers, nurses, medical technologists and provincial and municipal health officers.

Janairo said that the DOH psychosocial support team will conduct door-to-door visits to the families of children who have received the Dengvaxia vaccine in which they will focus on compassionate care, listening attentive and connect them to support systems.

"This strategy will allow us to restore confidence in the health programs of the DOH and will also ensure that support is provided."

"Psychosocial training for health workers are not just designed to support their customers, but also to manage their own difficulties and those of their families so as not to affect their daily lives. According to the Regional Unit for Epidemiology and Surveillance, 366 new suspected cases of dengvaxia were reported between 16 and 22 June 2018. A total of 15,121 cases of dengvaxia were reported. 1st, 2017 to 22nd June 2018. There are 46 deaths associated with the Dengvaxia vaccine. The majority of cases were women. The age ranged from 2 years to 46 years old. Laguna had the highest number of cases (4,504, 30%), followed by Batangas (4,101, 27%) and Cavite (2,981, 20%). One thousand two hundred and forty-four (8%) cases were admitted, of which 281 (23%) were diagnosed with dengue fever.

Of the 15,121 suspected cases of dengvaxia, 402 (3%) were diagnosed as dengue fever. Four (2%) were deaths. Most cases came from Laguna (108.27%), followed by Batangas (98.24%) and Rizal (86.21%).

The majority or 11,240 cases (74%) were reported by rural health units, of which 103 (1 percent) were diagnosed with dengue fever. While hospitals reported 3881 cases (26 percent), of which 299 (8 percent) were dengue fever.