The Department of Health (DOH) Health Promotion and Communication Service (HPCS)and the Disease Prevention and Control Bureau (DPCB) gathered the second batch of Health Education and Promotion Officers (HEPOs) from the Visayas Region and NCR for a two-day conference on Risk Communication last August 27-30, 2019 at the MO2 Westown Hotel, Smallville, Iloilo City. The conference served as an avenue where the key continue reading : DOH-HPCS, DPCB gather HEPOs for Risk Comm Conference
RITM OIC Director IV, Dr. Celia Carlos, calls for regional action from the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region following the 42nd Joint Coordinating Board (JCB) session of the WHO Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) on June 25-26, 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland. The JCB is the top governing body of the TDR that meets continue reading : RITM Chief backs TDR direction, urges WPRO participation
To regain public confidence and trust to existing health programs of the government, the Department of Health (DOH) released the Universal Health Care (UHC) and Fourmula 1 Plus (F1) Health Priority Actions for 2019 through a Department Memorandum on December 10, 2018. In a statement, the Health Secretary calls on the whole of DOH to continue reading : DOH releases Health Priority Actions for 2019
RITM Laboratory Aide Mr. Gil V. Gacita (second from the left) receives Lifetime Achievement Award The Department of Health MIMAROPA Region awarded RITM a plaque of appreciation for its unwavering commitment and invaluable support to the malaria program in MIMAROPA Region. The DOH MIMAROPA Region, in collaboration with the Provincial Health office of Palawan and continue reading : DOH-MIMAROPA awards RITM for contribution in fight against Malaria
The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (DEBS) of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) together with the Acute Respiratory Illness (ARI) Study Group conducts the first-ever assessment of the status of the Department of Health’s (DOH) Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) Program. DOH adopted and started the IMCI pilot project back in 1996 continue reading : RITM leads evaluation of DOH-IMCI program
MANILA- Another milestone in the Philippines’ fight against polio happened on 11 August 2016 at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine – Department of Health (RITM-DOH), as the National Task Force on the Laboratory Containment of Poliovirus destroyed all the poliovirus type-2 samples in the RITM National Polio Laboratory. “We are making history today as continue reading : RITM-DOH contributes to the world’s fight against Polio
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health, along with chiefs of medical centers and agencies under its supervision, inaugurated the National Hospital Week celebration at the Quirino Memorial Medical Center on August 8, 2016. During the opening ceremony, Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Ubial introduced her plan to improve not only the health facilities, but also continue reading : DOH celebrates National Hospital Week