SECTION 6500
DIVISION OF DISEASE CONTROL
Section 6501 - General Information
.01 The mission of the Division of Disease Control (DDC) is to protect the health of Philadelphia residents against preventable communicable and non-communicable diseases. The Division has traditionally concentrated its efforts on the control of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), acute communicable diseases (CDs) (such as hepatitis, meningitis and rabies) and vaccine-preventable diseases (such as measles, mumps, rubella). DDC has also been called upon to respond to newly emerging pathogens, such as cryptosporidiosis, E. coli, and expect to continue to be called upon to do so in future years. Also, a major initiative of DDC has been the drive to significantly improve the preschool immunization levels to protect this population against vaccine-preventable diseases.
Section 6510 - Program Descriptions and Operations
.01 Two currently operating program services under DDC's purview include:
a. Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Control Program
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided Philadelphia with financial assistance to assist in maintaining the following Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Control Program activities:
1. Citywide screening of women for gonorrhea and chlamydia.
2. Partial support for citywide blood tests for syphilis;
3. Surveillance for gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis to insure accurate and complete morbidity reporting from public and private laboratories and physicians;
4. Field followup of selected persons with positive lab tests for gonorrhea, chlamydia or syphilis and their sex partners;
5. Maintenance and enhancement of existing LAN-based STD Program Management System;
6. Provision of supplemental physician hours for STD patient management; and,
7. Support for public and professional STD education activities.
Section 6510 (Cont.)
b. Federal Childhood Immunization
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), through its Prevention Health Services (PHS) grants, awarded the Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) its own Childhood Immunization Project commencing on January 1, 1995. Prior to 1995, PDPH had received its Childhood Immunization funding through a contract with the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The purpose of this funding is to eliminate the occurrence of vaccine-preventable childhood disease in Philadelphia by improving the quality and quantity of vaccination-delivery services in the city so that a minimum of 90 percent of children are age-appropriately immunized.
Section 6520 - Federal CFDA Numbers/Other Regulations
.01 The following Federal CFDA numbers are applicable to DDC Programs:
Program CFDA No.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases 93.977
Federal Childhood Immunization 93.268
Section 6530 - Program Compliance Procedures
.01 As discussed in Sections 300 and 500 of this Audit Guide, each City of Philadelphia Department program has specific auditing requirements. These requirements are in addition to those areas of audit specified in Sections 300 and 500 of this Guide. At the current time, since each DDC contract awarded to a subrecipient has different quantifiable compliance requirements, the auditor is to read the DDC contract and perform testing of the compliance provisions specified in each contract. Any deficiencies noted as a result of the procedures are to be disclosed in the Independent Auditor's Report(s) on Specific Compliance Applicable to Major or Nonmajor Federal, State and City Financial Assistance, as appropriate.
Section 6540 - Financial Compliance Procedures
.01 At this time there are no additional specific financial compliance audit procedures for any of the programs listed in Section 6510, other than those procedures required by Section 307 of this Audit Guide.
Section 6550 - Supplemental Financial Schedules and Reports
.01 At this time there are no supplemental financial reports and schedules for any of the programs listed in Section 6510.