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 Parasitology Department, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Health GeoLab Collaborative (HGLC), and Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) collaborated on the first training workshop on the “Introduction to Geospatial Data Management and Technologies for Malaria Programs” last March 25 to 28, 2019 at Crimson Hotel, Alabang. This was a continue reading : Parasitology, LSHTM, HGLC, MORU facilitates “Introduction to Geospatial Data Management and Technologies for Malaria Programs” training workshop
The Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) led by the Parasitology Department embarks on a study to see the effect of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) in achieving zero open defecation, thereby reducing intestinal worm or soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection prevalence. Intestinal worms or STH infections remain a public health problem in the country mostly continue reading : Parasitology evaluates CLTS in reducing STH prevalence