Nat’l Polio Lab trains CARAGA, Maynilad on environmental surveillance

Posted on  by Anel Azel Dimaano

In order to improve environmental surveillance (ES) activities and to orient new members of the ES network, the National Polio Laboratory (NPL) of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) capacitated its stakeholders via Zoom last February 10, 2023 on the ES process flow: planning, water sampling preparation, site sampling, collection and transport of samples, continue reading : Nat’l Polio Lab trains CARAGA, Maynilad on environmental surveillance

NPL aids PNG in polio outbreak response

Posted on  by Allenor R. Enciso

WHO Temporary Adviser Dr. Merja Helena Roivanen demonstrates the concentration method for processing sewage samples to RITM and PNG laboratory staff. “We will be receiving sewage samples from Papua New Guinea (PNG) on a weekly basis to support them in their response against the recent poliovirus outbreak, as this is part of the environmental surveillance continue reading : NPL aids PNG in polio outbreak response