Epidemiology & Outbreak Management Section

 

  • Provide support to Ministry of Health and Population for drafting national laws, policies, and strategies related to epidemiology and outbreak management.
  • Provide support to Ministry of Health and Population for drafting national laws, policies and strategies related to preparedness and management of outbreaks/epidemics and other health emergency situations.
  • Prepare standards, protocols and guidelines regarding epidemiology and outbreaks/epidemics management.
  • Necessary cooperation and coordination for epidemiological management in province and local level.
  • Provide support for preparation and implementation of annual work plan at federal level related to epidemiology and outbreak management.
  • Coordinating and collaborating with concerned authorities in federal level for epidemiology and outbreak management.
  • Coordinate and provide support in conduction of information management training and other federal programs related to epidemiology, epidemics and other emergency situation management.
  • Coordinate with multi sectorial authorities in minimizing the impact of natural disasters in health sector, conduction response activities and control of epidemics.
  • Facilitate and coordinate in providing preventive and curative services through province and local level to prevent the spread of diseases activities after natural disasters in displaced communities.
  • Monitoring and supervision of disaster preparedness and management activities in coordination with province and provide feedback to the concerned authorities accordingly.
  • Carryout outbreak control and management by mobilization of Rapid Response Team (RRT) in order to control epidemic prone diseases.
  • Coordinate and facilitate for management of buffer stocks of essential medicines and other logistics required for the control of outbreaks/epidemics.
  • Monitoring and supervision of disease epidemics, outbreak preparedness, Prevention and Control activities and providing feedback accordingly.