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
Donning and doffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Four years ago, in 2014 when the first MERS-CoV case surfaced in Dubai, RITM Surveillance and Response Unit (SRU) Head Rowena Capistrano found herself being questioned by then-President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III in front of secretaries from different departments of the Department of Health (DOH). The case continue reading : SRU begins outbreak manual roll-out to regions
RITM outbreak responder extracts blood sample from poultry farm worker 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, continue reading : RITM responds to bird flu outbreak
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