RITM equips for monkeypox national response As one of the national agencies mandated to curtail infectious disease outbreaks in the Philippines, the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) is now bracing for a possible surge in monkeypox cases in the country, alongside its COVID-19 pandemic response. Pursuant to the Department of Health (DOH) Department Memorandum continue reading : RITM equips for monkeypox national response
As one of the laboratories for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (EREIDs), the Molecular Biology Laboratory (MBL) conducts the re-orientation and proficiency testing of RITM laboratory responders starting this February. According to MBL, the annual activity is conducted to maintain a ready pool of trained and proficient laboratory responders in the event of a public continue reading : RITM is outbreak-ready
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
RITM Director Socorro P. Lupisan (left) hands over the cary-blair transport media and yellow-top tubes to DOH Region IV-A Regional Director Dr. Eduardo C. Janairo (middle) and RESU IV-A Head John Bobbie S. Roca (right) to symbolize that proper collection of samples should be observed to ensure quality of results. The Research Institute for Tropical continue reading : RITM turns over portable outbreak kits to regions
The Department of Agriculture (DA) confirmed the first bird flu outbreak that caused thousands of deaths among chickens, quails, and ducks in Pampanga on August 11, and in Nueva Ecija on August 18. With the identification of the highly-pathogenic Avian Influenza Type A Subtype H5, the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), Department of Health continue reading : First Avian Flu Outbreak in PH Infographic