The Department of Health (DOH) averted an outbreak of typhoid fever in Ibajay, Aklan through its Center for Health Development (CHD). They employed early check-ups for people suspected to have typhoid fever and proper treatment of drinking water in the area. According to Regional Director Lydia Depra-Ramos, who personally oversaw the operation, the interventions done helped reduce the incidence from 38 cases to one and no additional cases has been reported.

Collaborating with the rural health unit and the hospital staff, the team gave the suspected patients rectal swabs which were sent to Research Institute of Tropical Medicine in Manila to confirm their diagnosis.

Together with two sanitary engineers from the Cordillera Administrative Region and CARAGA Region, the team also collected water samples from the area. Findings revealed that all water sources of the town is contaminated with coliform. With this in mind, the DOH promptly advised the Association of Barangay Captains to instruct the town's people not to drink water that is not treated with chlorine or boiled.