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Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID)[a] was a task force organized by the executive of the government of the Philippines to respond to affairs concerning emerging infectious diseases in the country.

"IATF" redirects here. For the group of automotive manufacturers, see International Automotive Task Force.

Task force overview

May 26, 2014 (2014-05-26)

July 22, 2023 (2023-07-22)

Philippines

  • National Task Force Against COVID-19
  • Joint Task Force COVID-19 Shield

  • Executive Order No. 168, s. 2014

History[edit]

The IATF-EID was created through Executive Order No. 168 issued by President Benigno Aquino III in 2014.[3] It was organized as the government's instrument to assess, monitor, contain, control and prevent the spread of any potential epidemic in the Philippines.[4]

Chair:

Department of Health

Co-Chair:

Department of the Interior and Local Government

Members

Department of Agriculture

The IATF-EID is composed of the following executive departments and agencies:[5]


The Joint Task Force COVID-19 Shield was composed of the following who ensured that IATF Guidelines/Protocols were strictly enforced.

Legal actions[edit]

The resolutions issued by the IATF-EID in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic were the subject of petitions separately filed in 2022 by Jose Montemayor Jr., Nicanor Perlas III, and the Passengers and Riders Organization (Pasahero) Inc. The petitioners questioned the constitutionality of directives issued by the IATF-EID, as well as by government agencies and local government units, particularly Makati, arguing that these violated right to life and liberty without due process of law, hindered right to travel, and are discriminatory against the unvaccinated.[12]


On July 11, 2023, the Supreme Court en banc unanimously dismissed these petitions which had been consolidated,[12] thus upholding the constitutionality of the regulations.[13]