On April 13, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated the National Polio Laboratory (NPL) of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), as the Inter-Country Reference Laboratory (ICRL) for Environmental Surveillance (ES) for poliovirus in the Western Pacific Region (WPR). WHO Regional Coordinator Ms. Varja Grabovac assessed NPL last 2022 as a potential regional continue reading : WHO designates RITM-NPL as the Inter-Country Reference Lab for environmental surveillance for poliovirus