Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 13.1 (CONTiNueD)
RTBP ICT System Functions, Actors, and Roles and Responsibilities
Sri Lankan actors
Indian actors
Function
Expected
Actual
Expected
Actual
Roles and responsibilities
Publishing or
issuing of reports
and alerts
Regional
Epidemiologist,
Chief
Epidemiologist
Medical
Oficer of
Health
National
Institute for
Communicable
Diseases,
Director, Public
Health Services,
Deputy
Director Health
Services
Deputy Director
of Health
Services-
Epidemiology
Unit
There are three types of reports: low, high,
and urgent priority reports or alerts.
Low
and
high
priority reports are generated and
disseminated on a weekly (or periodic)
basis identifying substantially signiicant
events (e.g., Weekly Epidemiological
Report in Sri Lanka). Recipient: healthcare
workers are not expected to take immediate
action but closely monitor those diseases if
they are of relevance.
Urgent
priority alerts
are issued as and when a disease outbreak
is detected and the health care workers in
the vulnerable areas must be notiied to
take immediate action
Subscribing to
receive reports
alerts
Medical Oficer of
Health, Regional
Director Health
Services, Regional
Epidemiologist,
Hospitals, General
Practitioners,
Public Health
Inspectors
Suwadana
Centre
Volunteers,
Public
Health
Inspectors,
and
Medical
Oficer of
Health
Village Health
Nurses, Sector
Health Nurses,
Health
Inspector,
Deputy
Director, Health
Services, Block
Medical Oficer
Village Health
Nurse, Sector
Health Nurse,
Health
Inspector, Block
Medical Oficer
Subscribers can choose to receive either
Urgent, High, or Low priority alerts. Based
on the individual's responsibilities and the
priority level of the alert the recipients will
choose the course of action to be taken. If it
is a low priority alert they may choose to be
vigilant and observe and if it is a high
priority alert the individual may choose to
apply intervention and prevention actions
to safeguard their respective communities
