RITM Won’t Disappear When DOH Creates Virology Institute
RITM WON’T DISAPPEAR – According to health secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) won’t be abolished but be placed under a bigger institution.
Currently, the RITM is responsible for genome tracking and testing for new variants of COVID-19. However, due to a lack of funds, materials, and manpower, testing and releasing results are at a slow pace.
But, instead of addressing the issues, the DOH wanted to create the Virology Institute of the Philippines (VIP). Based on an article from Inquirer, Vergeire stated:
May mga pag-uusap pero kailangan ipaliwanag natin sa publiko na hindi totoo na i-a-abolish natin ang RITM. Ilalagay lang natin siya sa isang malaking institution na maaaring mas ma-improve natin and mapalawak pa natin ang kanilang expertise sa research at pagpapagawa ng bakuna
Vergeire explained that the creation of the virology institute would provide the RITM the necessary funds and resources to better their research. Furthermore, she said that the move would also expand RITM’s expertise.
Since 1981, the RITM has served as the Philippines’ premier institute when it came to research programs for infectious and tropical diseases. Meanwhile, the VIP would now take the lead in terms of research and development for virology and viral diseases in both humans, plants, and animals.
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