The Global Fund, through the Task Force for Global Health (TFGH), visited the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) on February 15, 2023. The TFGH Team, led by TFGH Senior Advisor Dr. Anthony Mounts, and TFGH Consultant for Asia and the Philippines Dr. Meng-Yu Chen, met with officials from the RITM Virology Department, OIC-Head Mr. continue reading : Task Force for Global Health visits RITM
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 Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) held the third Influenza-like Illness (ILI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) Sentinel Sites’ Annual Meeting with representatives from National Reference Laboratories, Sub-National Laboratories, Sentinel Sites, and Regional and Central Offices across the country. Experts provided updates on the ILI and SARI surveillance implementation, and discussed possible solutions continue reading : RITM leads ILI and SARI annual meeting