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The document discusses a leptospirosis control program started in 2010 by the College of Public Health of the University of the Philippines Manila in collaboration with other organizations. The program aims to determine leptospirosis incidence in people, livestock, and wild rodents in the Philippines and develop diagnostic kits and vaccines. Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease spread through contact with infected urine or contaminated water or food. Signs and symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, jaundice, and abdominal pain. Prevention involves avoiding contaminated water and proper protective equipment for high-risk activities.

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Leptospirosis Presentation

The document discusses a leptospirosis control program started in 2010 by the College of Public Health of the University of the Philippines Manila in collaboration with other organizations. The program aims to determine leptospirosis incidence in people, livestock, and wild rodents in the Philippines and develop diagnostic kits and vaccines. Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease spread through contact with infected urine or contaminated water or food. Signs and symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, jaundice, and abdominal pain. Prevention involves avoiding contaminated water and proper protective equipment for high-risk activities.

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Leptospirosis

Control Program
By : Zul Nasing
Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis
Is a bacterial disease caused by Leptospira that affects humans and
animals. The most common way you can get infected is urine or contaminated
water getting in your eyes, nose, mouth, or broken skin (such as a cut or
scratch). You can also get infected by eating contaminated food or drinking
contaminated water.
Prevention and control
of leptospirosis
The College of Public Health (CPH) of the University of the Philippines Manila (UPM)
collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Kyushu University (KU),
the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Department of Science and Technology
(DOST),started a 5-year program on the Prevention and Control of Leptospirosis (LepCon) in
the Philippines last April 1, 2010.
The purpose of this projects aims:
1. Determine the incidence of leptospirosis in people, livestock, and wild rodents in the
Philippines.
2. Develop a diagnostic kit and vaccine.
3. Disseminate information and educate people to prevent the spread of leptospirosis
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

HEADACHE AND
HIGH FEVER RED EYES ABDOMINAL PAIN
MUSCLE ACHES

CHILLS RASHES NAUSEA, VOMITING JAUNDICE


AND DIARRHEA
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT

The DOH workers works with different barangay


officials just to implement this Prevention and control
of Leptospirosis within the community, wherein the
goal includes:

1. Health teaching
2. Free physical examination / consultation
3. Medication ( doxycycline or penicillin)

Prevention and Control:


Avoid swimming or wading in potentially
contaminated water or flood water.
Use of proper protection like boots and gloves
when work requires exposure to contaminated
water.
Drain potentially contaminated water when
possible.
Control rats in the household by using rat traps
or rat poison, maintaining cleanliness in the
house.
Nursing
Nursing Management
Management
HEALTH TEACHING

1. PROVIDE EDUCATION TO CLIENTS


2. USE OF PROPER PROTECTION (BOOTS AND GLOVES).
3. DRAIN POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED WATER WHEN POSSIBLE.
4. CONTROL RATS IN THE HOUSEHOLD (RAT TRAPS OR RAT POISON, MAINTAINING CLEANLINESS IN
THE HOUSE).

MANAGEMENT

1. ISOLATE THE PATIENT AND CONCURRENT DISINFECTION OF SOILED ARTICLES.


2. STRINGENT COMMUNITY-WIDE RAT ERADICATION PROGRAM. REMOVE RUBBISH FROM WORK AND
DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENT TO REDUCE THE RODENT POPULATION.
3. REPORT ALL CASES OF LEPTOSPIROSIS.
4. INVESTIGATION OF CONTACTS AND SOURCE OF INFECTION
5. CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS CAN BE DONE IN A GROUP OF HIGH-RISK INFECTED HOSTS.
REFERENCES:
1. Leptospirosis: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment. (n.d.). Cleveland Clinic. Retrieved September 11, 2022, from
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24021-leptospirosis
2. Leptospirosis | Department of Health website. (n.d.). Retrieved September 11, 2022, from https://doh.gov.ph/Health-
Advisory/Leptospirosis
3. 3.RNspeak. (2020, August 20). RNspeak | Nursing Journal. Retrieved September 11, 2022, from
https://rnspeak.com/leptospirosis-nursing-management
4. UPCH. (n.d.). Prevention & Control of Leptospirosis in the Philippines. College of Public Health University of Philippines Manila
. Retrieved September 11, 2022, from https://cph.upm.edu.ph/node/234

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