The Microbiology Department held two sessions of microscopy review for Clinical Laboratory staff last July 8 and 12, 2019 at Laboratory Rooms 1 and 2. According to RITM Microbiology Department Science Research Specialist II Ma. Stephanie Matira, the training was conducted to enable Clinical Laboratory staff in performing microscopy services such as gram stain and India ink that is continue reading : Microbiology trains Clinical Laboratory staff in microscopy
The RITM Departments of Medical Entomology and Veterinary Research (VRD) trained two batches of Vector Control Officers (VCOs) last June 18-21 and June 25-27, 2019 at the Tagaytay Country Hotel. Each batch comprised 21 VCOs from the Department of Health – Bureau of Quarantine (DOH-BOQ) on vector surveillance, prevention, and control for mosquitoes and rodents The trainings were facilitated by continue reading : Entom, VRD train DOH-BOQ officers on vector control, management
A group of investigators from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Research Institute of Tuberculosis-Japan Anti Tuberculosis Association (RIT-JATA), and Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS)have led the first nationwide study looking at the genetic diversity of circulatingMycobacterium tuberculosis strains, which cause tuberculosis (TB) disease. “Up to now, only a handful continue reading : Insights on TB Manila strains discovered