EPI
WHAT DOES E.P.I MEANS?
Expanded Program on Immunization
What national health reform program integrates health services and financing to ensure equitable access to care in the Philippines?
Universal Health Care (UHC) Program
Ensures all Filipinos have access to quality and affordable healthcare services
Give the name of our Mayor and MHO.
Mayor Agustin J. Tello
Dr. Hydre A. Nga-ew
The person or animal that harbors an infectious agent and can transmit it to others.
host
The most common NCD that affects the heart and blood vessels.
CVD
Which government organization in the Philippines is primarily responsible for implementing the EPI?
Department of Health (DOH)
A PhilHealth initiative that provides annual check-ups, laboratory screening, and risk assessment especially for senior citizens.
PhilHealth YAKAP Program
-Includes preventive services and screenings
The parenting style that combines warmth affection and clear rules
Authoritative Parenting Style
The number of new cases of a disease in a population over a specific period.
incidence
The type of public health strategy that focuses on early detection and management of NCDs to prevent complications.
secondary prevention
Name one vaccine given to infants under the EPI to prevent tuberculosis.
BCG (Bacillus Calmette–Guérin) vaccine
Besides gloves, what other precaution can a nurse take when collecting specimens using the BAG technique?
WEAR MASK
A parenting style characterized by love but lack of rules and discipline
Permissive parenting
The rate that measures the number of deaths in a population during a specific period.
mortality rate
The lifestyle-related risk factors that contribute to non-communicable diseases.
Tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and harmful use of alcohol
This global initiative, supported locally by the Department of Health, aims to ensure that all children worldwide have access to life-saving vaccines.
The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) was launched by the World Health Organization to increase immunization coverage globally. The Philippines adopted this program to reduce morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases.
Name at least THREE (3) newly included service in PhilHealth 2025 updates.
Mental health services
Emergency care
Optometric services
Rehabilitation services
The act of offering, advertising, promoting, representing, or distributing through any means any CSAEM or material that purports to contain such material.
Pandering
The term for the number of people exposed to a disease who do not get sick.
immunity
The emerging viral disease first identified in Africa, causing hemorrhagic fever with high mortality.
Ebola virus disease
What is the goal of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI)?
To reduce morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases
It is an intermediate health facility that aims to bridge the gap between primary care facilities that provide free, immediate medical attention, minor surgeries, and diagnostics to underserved communities.
Bagong Urgent Care and Ambulatory Service (BUCAS)
It is a Philippine law providing robust protection for children under 18 (or older if disabled) against physical/sexual abuse, neglect, trafficking, and child labor. It mandates state intervention, stringent penalties for violators, and rehabilitation programs for victims
RA 7610 Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act
The term for diseases that are regularly found in a population or geographic area.
endemic
A re-emerging disease that was previously under control but is now increasing in incidence due to factors like vaccine hesitancy.
Measles is considered a re-emerging infectious disease because it was previously well-controlled through widespread immunization, but has shown a resurgence in cases in recent years.
Measles is re-emerging because immunization gaps—largely driven by vaccine hesitancy—have weakened community protection, allowing the disease to spread again despite previously successful control efforts.