RITM, through its Veterinary Research Department conducted the first Rabies Conferenceon March 18, 2019 at the RITM Auditorium and a week-long Rabies Laboratory Diagnostic Workshop on March 19-22, 2019 at the RITM Training Center. The conference served as an avenue to disseminate various significant research findings and updates on ongoing RITM researchers and joint surveillance projects with private and continue reading : VRD leads 1st Rabies Conference, Lab Diagnostic Procedure Workshop
Detecting rabies on animals may now possibly be cheaper and quicker following ongoing evaluation studies on rabies antigen detection kit. RITM veterinarian and head of the Special Pathogens Laboratory Dr. Catalino Demetria said they found 98.69% sensitivity, 100% specificity, and 98.98% accuracy on the use of rapid immunochromatographic test or RICT in diagnosing animals for continue reading : RITM Vet team evaluates possible use of faster, cheaper rabies detection kit
Principal Investigators Dr. Beatriz P. Quiambao from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), and Dr. Akira Nishizono from Oita University will spearhead a five-year research study entitled, “The Project for the establishment of the One Health prevention and treatment network model for the elimination of rabies in the Philippines,” along with Japanese and Philippine continue reading : JAPOHR Project to eliminate rabies with novel techniques
Muntinlupa is set to see heightened rabies prevention and control with the Community-Based Rabies Surveillance (CBRS) Project collaboratively launched by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC), the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), and the City Government of Muntinlupa. Through CBRS, hospitals and local health facilities will adapt an early warning and rapid response continue reading : RITM, GARC, LGU intensifies rabies prevention and control with new community-based surveillance system