The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) as the Philippine National Influenza Center (PNIC) held its 6th Stakeholders’ Meeting from January 30 to February 2, 2023 to disseminate and discuss crucial updates on the national influenza sentinel surveillance operations, and to serve as an avenue to raise concerns encountered in the conduct of influenza surveillance continue reading : DOH integrates ILI, SARI, SARS-CoV-2 surveillance operations
The Molecular Biology Laboratory of Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM-MBL) launched the Training Workshop for Regional Implementers of the COVID-19 Quality Assurance Program (QAP) for SARS-CoV-2 Detection by Real-Time PCR on November 25, 2022 as part of the efforts to improve the nationwide implementation of the program. The training workshop is composed of a continue reading : RITM-MBL leads Training Workshop for COVID-19 QAP Regional Implementers
In collaboration with the Australian National University (ANU), University of Queensland (UQ), and Curtin University (CU), the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), through its Parasitology Department, rolls out its geospatial data management training course for Department of Health (DOH) personnel this May to June 2022 in order to capacitate staff on Geographic Information Systems continue reading : RITM, ANU, UQ, and CU train DOH staff on geospatial data management
The Department of Health (DOH), through the leadership of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) and the support of the World Health Organization (WHO), is establishing seven subnational laboratories (SNLs) for the detection of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) in the Philippines. The SNLs, located in various regions of the country, lay the foundation of a continue reading : DOH, RITM, WHO establish subnational laboratories to expand the country’s capacity in detecting vaccine-preventable diseases
The Research and Innovation Office (RIO) convened the Institute’s senior researchers in a Research Agenda-setting Workshop held on September 16-17, 2019 at the B Hotel, Quezon City. “For RITM to grow and prosper as a research institution, there has to be a direction. Dapat mayroong pinatutunghan ang ating mga research [our research should have a direction], and that is continue reading : RIO convenes researchers, DOH Disease Control Program managers
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, through its Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Reference Laboratory (ARSRL),hosted the 31st Annual Meetingof the Department of Health (DOH) Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Program (ARSP) on May 21-22, 2019 at the RITM Auditorium. Laboratory Research Division Chief Dr. Amado Tandoc III welcomed all the participants, and Head of the RITM-ARSRL Dr. Sonia B. Sia followed with a presentation of a summary of the 2018 continue reading : RITM hosts 31st Annual DOH-ARSP Committee Meeting
The RITM Surveillance and Response Unit (SRU) conducted an orientation on the Public Health Surveillance Systems in the Philippines on May 29, 2019 at the Crimson Hotel, Alabang. “The Department of Health, as well as the international community, have high expectations on RITM. So we as staff of RITM – so much is also expected of us especially in terms continue reading : SRU orients first-line responders on Public Health Surveillance Systems in PH
Muntinlupa is set to see heightened rabies prevention and control with the Community-Based Rabies Surveillance (CBRS) Project collaboratively launched by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC), the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), and the City Government of Muntinlupa. Through CBRS, hospitals and local health facilities will adapt an early warning and rapid response continue reading : RITM, GARC, LGU intensifies rabies prevention and control with new community-based surveillance system
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