Research Institute for Tropical Medicine

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Welcome to the official page of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM)

The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) was formally established in 1981 with the signing of Executive Order No. 674, authorizing the creation of a research facility under the Department of Health. This was funded by a grant-in-aid from the Government of Japan, administered through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The RITM is tasked with planning and implementing rese

05/06/2026

Kasabay ng tag-ulan ang pagtaas ng panganib ng iba't ibang sakit tulad ng Waterborne Diseases, Influenza-like Illnesses, Leptospirosis, at Dengue (W.I.L.D.).

Alamin ang mga dapat gawin upang protektahan ang sarili at iyong pamilya.





โ€ผ๏ธDOH: MAG-INGAT SA W.I.L.D. NGAYONG TAG-ULAN!โ€ผ๏ธ

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๐Ÿšจ BUKAS NA! ๐Ÿšจ

Paano nga ba natin mapapaigting ang seguridad ng pampublikong kalusugan sa Pilipinas sa tulong ng teknolohiya at siyensya? ๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿงฌ

Samahan kami bukas para sa webinar na pinamagatang "From Detection to Action: Strengthening Genomic Surveillance for National Health Security in the Philippines." Matuto mula sa ating mga imbitadong eksperto mula sa RITM, Illumina, at FHI 360 habang tinatalakay nila ang kahalagahan ng genomic surveillance sa pagtugon sa mga banta ng nakakahawang sakit.

Makakasama natin sina:
๐Ÿ”น Dr. Timothy John R. Dizon (RITM Advanced Molecular Technologies Laboratory)
๐Ÿ”น Dr. Pamela T. Tan (RITM ARSRL)
๐Ÿ”น Dr. Lea Necitas G. Apostol (RITM - Department of Virology)
๐Ÿ”น Dr. Michael Abdo (Illumina)
๐Ÿ”น Dr. Yasser Sanad (FHI 360)

๐Ÿ“… Kailan: June 4, 2026 (Bukas!)
๐Ÿ•ค Oras: 9:30 AM hanggang 11:30 AM PHT
๐Ÿ’ป Saan: via Zoom

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03/06/2026

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE COLLECTION, HANDLING, PACKAGING, AND TRANSPORT OF SPECIMENS FROM HANTAVIRUS SUSPECTED CASES

This Advisory aims to provide clear and comprehensive instructions for disease reporting units/public health units regarding the safe collection, handling, proper packaging, and submission of specimens for confirmatory testing of suspected cases of Hantavirus. The updated procedures are intended to ensure the safety of personnel and the integrity of specimens throughout the referral process.

All concerned units are strongly advised to strictly adhere to the guidelines outlined herein to minimize the risk of exposure, prevent specimen contamination, and facilitate timely and accurate laboratory testing. Proper coordination with the designated reference laboratories and compliance with biosafety and biosecurity standards are essential to support effective surveillance and response efforts.

For the full guidelines, please refer to the full advisory at https://ritm.gov.ph/announcements/instructions-for-the-collection-handling-packaging-and-transport-of-specimens-from-hantavirus-suspected-cases/

For any immediate concerns, questions, or clarifications, please contact us through the following email addresses:
- Directorโ€™s Office: [email protected]
- Laboratory Research Division Office: [email protected]
- Public Health Unit: [email protected]

For strict compliance and immediate dissemination to all concerned personnel.

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๐—œ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ! ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐ŸŒ

Sa pagdalo ng Department of Health (Philippines) at Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) sa ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿต๐˜๐—ต ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† (๐—ช๐—›๐—”), opisyal na isinulong ng Pilipinas ang ating kampanya para sa Vaccine Self-Reliance at mas matibay na Pandemic Preparedness.

Bakit ito mahalaga para sa atin?
โœ… Sariling Bakuna: Pinapalakas natin ang kakayahan ng Pilipinas na gumawa ng sariling mga bakuna upang hindi na tayo dumepende nang buo sa supply ng ibang bansa.
โœ… Laging Handa: Mas mabilis at mas epektibong pagtugon ng ating health system kung sakaling magkaroon muli ng matinding health crisis.
โœ… Kalusugan Para sa Lahat: Pagtitiyak na ang ligtas at de-kalidad na bakuna ay abot-kamay ng bawat pamilyang Pilipino, saanman sa bansa.

Patuloy ang pakikipagtulungan ng DOH at RITM sa mga global health leaders para masigurong protektado ang bawat Pilipino.

Basahin ang buong detalye ng mahalagang hakbang na ito dito: https://ritm.gov.ph/doh-ritm-champions-vaccine-self-reliance-pandemic-preparedness-at-79th-wha/

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๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ? ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿฉธ

Kamakailan ay matagumpay na pinangunahan ng RITM Transfusion Transmissible Infections - National Reference Laboratory (TTI-NRL) ang isang Refresher Course para sa HIV at iba pang Transfusion Transmissible Infections (TTIs).

๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ? Layunin ng programang ito na i-update at lalo pang hasain ang skills ng ating mga medical technologists at lab personnel pagdating sa technical proficiency at quality assurance sa blood testing. Sa pamamagitan ng patuloy na pag-aaral, nasisiguro natin na ligtas at nasuri nang tama ang bawat patak ng dugo para sa mga pasyenteng nangangailangan nito.

Alamin ang buong detalye at mga naging kaganapan sa training na ito. Basahin ang article dito:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://ritm.gov.ph/tti-nrl-hosts-refresher-course-on-hiv-and-transfusion-transmissible-infections/

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๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด-๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ?๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿ’ก

Nitong nakaraang Abril, nagsanib-pwersa ang RITM Virology RITM - Department of Virology at ang Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) para sa ๐—œ๐—ฃ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ >> ๐—œ๐—ฃ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ.

๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ? Sa araw-araw na pagbabantay natin laban sa mga nakakahawang sakit, patuloy na nagde-develop ang ating mga epidemiologists, virologists, at laboratory scientists ng mga bagong diagnostic tests, assays, at laboratory protocols. Sa pamamagitan ng programang ito, matututunan ng ating mga health innovators kung paano mapoprotektahan ang kanilang mga scientific breakthroughs gamit ang tamang Intellectual Property (IP) rights.

Basahin ang buong detalye tungkol sa makabuluhang hakbang na ito dito:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://ritm.gov.ph/ritm-virology-department-partners-with-ipophl-ip-for-health-research-specialists/

02/06/2026

๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ? ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿ”

Ang ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ay isa sa mga pinakamabisang sandata natin upang maagang matukoy ang mga posibleng outbreak at banta sa kalusugan. Ngunit sa kasalukuyan, patuloy pa rin ang mga hakbang upang ganap itong maging bahagi ng ating national health security system.

Bilang panimula ng #๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—š๐—ง๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—›๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€, inaanyayahan namin ang lahat na dumalo sa ating inaugural episode: "๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ: ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‚๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ง๐™ซ๐™š๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™‰๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™Ž๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ."

Ang LIGTAS (Linking Integrated Global Health Security Through Awareness and Solutions) ay isang monthly webinar forum na naglalayong isulong ang health security sa bansa. Sa pangunguna ng ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—– ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ katuwang ang RITM Advanced Molecular Technologies Laboratory, magsasama-sama ang mga eksperto mula sa RITM, FHI 360, at Illumina para talakayin ang mga praktikal at estratehikong hakbang sa pagpapalakas ng ating public health response.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Kailan: June 4, 2026 (Thursday)
๐Ÿ•˜ Oras: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM PHT
๐Ÿ’ป Saan: via Zoom

Makilahok sa mahalagang usaping ito at alamin kung paano natin mas mapapatibay ang pampublikong kalusugan sa Pilipinas!

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