LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACADEMY

Building Resilience of LGUs for the New Normal:

Embracing the Contact Tracing Work

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACADEMY TRAINING CENTER (LGATC)

University of the Philippines - Los Baños, Laguna

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HEALTHY

MODULE 1:
Overview of the Health Emergency Strategic Response
Situating Contact Tracing Work

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LESSON 1:
Situating Contact Tracing Work to Local Governance,
Roles & Competencies of Contact Tracing

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LESSON
OBJECTIVES
Describe the government’s multi-sectoral response to the COVID-19
and how contact tracing is situated and define the legal bases for
localized contact tracing action; and

Identify the critical role of LGUs in containing the spread of COVID-19

virus through contact tracing and their required competencies.

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PRESENTATION CONTACT TRACING
OUTLINE
END-TO-END T3 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

THE NATIONAL STRATEGIC RESPONSE TO

COVID-19 & STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS FOR
THE “NEW NORMAL”

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 Situating the National Strategic
Response to COVID-19

30 JANUARY 2020

The first confirmed COVID-19 case was

announced in the Philippines, with a 38-year old
female from Wuhan, China testing positive for
the novel coronavirus.

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Response to COVID-19

30 JANUARY 2020

The WHO declares the Coronavirus Disease 2019

(COVID-19) as a Global Public Health Emergency of
International Concern (PHEIC)
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 Situating the National Strategic
Response to COVID-19

ACTIVE EARLY CASE CONTACT

ISOLATION
SURVEILLANCE DETECTION MANAGEMENT TRACING

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The PH Government has mounted a multi-sectoral response

to COVID-19 through the IATF – EID chaired by the
Department of Health (DOH)

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 24 MARCH 2020
The President announces the creation of a National Task
Force for COVID-19 adopting a Whole-of-Government
Approach in addressing COVID-19

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 The task force is tasked to implement the
National Action Plan (NAP) on COVID-19
which contains the government’s overall
strategy against the virus.

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Situating the National Strategic
Response to COVID-19

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 STRATEGIC
DIRECTIONS
As approved in the 25th Inter-Agency
Task Force (IATF)

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Guiding
Principles

Whole-of-government, whole-of-systems, whole-

of-society approach shall be espoused in the
WE HEAL
fight against COVID-19
AS ONE

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Guiding
Principles

Science shall inform decision-making at the

institutional and individual level
WE HEAL
AS ONE

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Guiding
Principles

With limited resources, response shall be guided

by fair and transparent priority setting
WE HEAL
AS ONE

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Guiding
Principles

And in the event of any conflict of rules or

guidelines, human dignity and safety and needs
WE HEAL
of individuals shall prevail.
AS ONE

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 Strategic Direction for the
New Normal

NATIONAL GOVERNMENT-ENABLED

LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT-LED

PEOPLE-CENTERED

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LEGAL BASES TO SUPPORT CONTACT TRACING WORK

1987 Philippine Constitution

National Laws
(e.g. Local Government Code,
Bayanihan to Heal as One Act)

Administrative Issuances
(e.g. IATF Resolutions, Department
Orders, Memo. Circulars)

Ordinances of LGUs

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 Revisiting Roles
of National and Local Government
In COVID-19 Response

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to people-centered COVID-19 response

NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

TO ASSESS THE LANDSCAPE

DEVELOP NATIONAL PLANS, SET SAFETY AND

POLICIES AND STRATEGIES EFFICACY STANDARDS

EVALUATE
MEASURE/MONITORING
EFFECTIVENESS OF
PROGRESS
OUR ACTIONS

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

BE STEWARD OF LOCAL
HEALTH SYSTEMS

PRIMARY RESPONDERS TO IMPLEMENT CALIBRATED

THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PEOPLE-CENTERED
EMERGENCY RESPONSE

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ACCOUNTABILITIES OF THE
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

STRATEGY & GUIDELINES &

ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS

MONITORING OF
ROLL-OUT OF ACTIONS &
PLANS IMPACT

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ACCOUNTABILITIES OF THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

IMPLEMENTATION
PUBLIC HEALTH
OF PLANS &
SERVICE DELIVERY
ALIGNMENT

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End-to-End T3 Management System:
Test, Trace, Treat

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 End-to-End T3 Management System:
Test, Trace, Treat

TEST TRACE TREAT

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The DILG directs its Field Officers, LGUs, the Philippine National
Police (PNP), and the Bureau of Fire Protections (BFP) to lend
their manpower to DOH in contact tracing

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Facilitate the hiring of Contact Tracers

Issuances of Departmental Orders,

Memorandum Circulars to reinforce Contact
Tracing Work

Monitoring and Reporting Requirements

and Processes in coming up with
informed decisions at the national and
local level.

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 LGUS ARE EXPECTED TO
As Frontliners

Establish Local Task Force Against COVID-19

Establish Health Management Systems in Contact Tracing.

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 End-to-End T3 Management System:
Test, Trace, Treat

CONTACT TRACING
It is the identification, listing and
following-up of persons who may
have come into contact with a
confirmed COVID-19 case.

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GOALS OF CONTACT TRACING

To interrupt ongoing transmission and

reduce the spread of infection;

To alert close contacts on the

possibility of infection and offer
preventive counselling or case; and

To understand the epidemiology of a

disease in a particular population.

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 GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND ROLES
DOH DC No. 2020-0189 & DILG MC No. 2020-077

Provincial / City / Municipal Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (P/C/M/ESU)

Case Investigation and Collection of Data Fields

City / Municipal Contact Tracing Team

Tracing, Monitoring and Recording of Cases

COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS
Knowledge
Skills Set

• Effective Communication
Foundational Knowledge Functional Knowledge • Critical Thinking
Definition of Cases & Approaches of contact • Problem-Solving
Contacts, Infection investigation and contract • Active Listening Knowledge Skills Attitudes

Prevention & Control, tracing, core legal,

and Infectious Periods policies, protocols, and
roles and responsibilities
of levels of government

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DOH DC No. 2020-0189 & DILG MC No. 2020-077

ACTOR ROLE COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

Knowledge
Provincial / City / Case
Municipal Epidemiology Investigation
and Surveillance Unit and Collection Foundational Knowledge Functional Knowledge
(P/C/M/ESU) of Data Fields Definition of Cases & Approaches of contact
Contacts, Infection investigation and contract
Prevention & Control, tracing, core legal,
and Infectious Periods policies, protocols, and
roles and responsibilities
of levels of government

Tracing, Skills Set

City / Municipal Monitoring and
• Effective Communication
Contact Tracing Team Recording of
• Critical Thinking Knowledge Skills Attitudes
Cases • Problem-Solving
• Active Listening

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 ADVANCING CONTACT TRACING WORK

Community Community
Buy-in Participation

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 SUPPORT TO CONTACT TRACING WORK
AND WHERE TO TAP THEM

LGU GOOD FINANCIAL CREATING CAPDEV

PRACTICES RESOURCES NETWORKS INTERVENTIONS

Visit and/or Get in touch • Increase IRRA • Health Networks • LGA

with: • 5% Local Disaster Risk • Academic & Research
Reduction and Institutions • Department of Health
• www.lguvscovid.ph Management Fund • Leagues of LGUs (DOH)
• DILG, LGA, LGRRCs (LDRRMF) • Other National
• LGUs with good Government Agencies
practices on COVID-19
response (contact
tracing)

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Support Engage Communicate Understand Respect Evaluate

S E C U R E

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MARAMING SALAMAT!

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