Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases


The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases is a task force organized by the executive of the Philippine government to respond to affairs concerning emerging infectious diseases in the Philippines.

Formation

The IATF-EID that was created through Executive Order No. 168 in 2014 which was issued by then-President Benigno Aquino III. It was organized as government's instrument to assess, monitor, contain, control and prevent the spread of any potential epidemic in the Philippines.

COVID-19 pandemic

The IATF-EID was convened in January 2020 to address the growing viral outbreak in Wuhan, China. They made a resolution to manage the spreading of the new virus, which was known at the time as 2019 novel coronavirus and eventually renamed to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019. On March 9, 2020, President Duterte called the IATF-EID amidst the rising cases of COVID-19 in the Philippines.
meets with members of the IATF-IED on May 19.
On March 25, 2020, the IATF-EID revealed a National Action Plan to slow down the spreading of COVID-19. The NAP was created to effectively and efficiently implement and decentralize the system of managing the COVID-19 situation. In addition, the IATF-EID created the COVID-19 National Task Force headed by Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, which handles the operational command. At the same time, the IATF-EID became the "policy-making body of operations" while the National Incident Command administers the daily concerns and operations.
In April 2020, the IATF-EID appointed Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chair Danilo Lim and Bangsamoro Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim to lead the regional inter-agency task groups in Metro Manila and Bangsamoro, respectively. The Office of Civil Defense was tasked to lead the regional task forces in other regions.

Composition

The IATF-EID is composed of the following executive departments: