Provide Enterprise Technical Assistance

PE Information from DPH

• Using the Secure Submission Portal (October 2011) (pdf)

Report Instructions

• Organization Import Template 

Updated January 12, 2023

DHEC ceases monitoring as Ebola outbreak in Uganda declared over

With Uganda declaring an end to the Ebola outbreak in the country, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is no longer monitoring travelers from that area. The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement Jan. 11, 2023, saying Uganda had declared the outbreak over; the outbreak began in September 2022.

How many people have TB?

•     In the last five years in South Carolina, we have had an average of 85 tuberculosis disease cases.
•     Worldwide, TB is the second leading infectious killer after COVID-19.
•     A total of 1.3 million people worldwide died from TB in 2022.

How long has TB been around?

• TB has been around for a long time. It has been found in Egyptian mummies at least 5,400 years old.
• TB has been called consumption. In the early 1800s TB may have caused about 1/3 of all deaths.

DPH is providing this new Respiratory Disease Watch report to make expanded surveillance data available to inform the public about the activity of respiratory diseases that commonly circulate together each fall.

Each year, we recognize World TB Day on March 24. This annual event commemorates the date in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of tubercle bacillus, the germ that causes tuberculosis.

HOPWA

• Housing Assistance Request Form Print Instructions (November 2013)
• S.C.

DHEC Guidance

• Health Alerts, Notifications

CDC Guidance for Health Care Professionals

• What's New Timeline (Updated Daily)
• Guidance for US Laboratories for Managing and Testing Routine Clinical Specimens When There is a Concern About

Bats are Good for Our Ecosystems

South Carolina is home to 14 bat species. These bats play a major role in keeping the mosquito population down. They also eat other insects, pollinate flowers and other plants, and help disperse seeds.