JAPOHR 2nd TWG Last May 21, 2019 at Max's Restaurant

The JAPOHR 2nd TWG was held in Max's Restaurant in Pulilan, Bulacan on May 21, 2019.
Headed by Dr. Nobuo Saito and Dr. Voltaire Basinang as the Chairperson; Co-chairperson, Dr. Jocelyn Esguerra-Gomez and Advisors, Dr. Maria Glofezita Lagayan and Beatriz Quiambao.

Members of the TWG group actively participated during the meeting. Presentation of data and facts about the rabies situation in every region was discussed.

After the meeting, some of the members met with the President of Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) in Pulilan, Mr. Dennis Cruz who maintains a dog impounding facility in their barangay.

Oita University Medical Student, Rabies Laboratory internship

Mr Aoki who is a 4th-grade medical student at Oita University.
He started his internship in the Philippines and his student research project.
The main objective of his student`s research is to optimize the real-time RT-PCR method for rabies diagnosis in San Lazaro Hospital.

Local staffs are teaching how to perform PCR. He enjoys the laboratory works and life in Metro Manila. He is a kickboxer and every day he goes to Boxing gym near his apartment here.

Good luck!

Turnover ceremony in Histopathology

On May 11, Histopathology laboratory of RITM accepted the four equipment donated by JAPOHR/JICA.

These four machines are followings: Tissue processing machine, Embedding Center, Microtome, and Autostainer.

Dr. Celia Carlos, Director of RITM, Dr. Beatriz Quiambao, Chief of Clinical Research Division and Principal Investigator of JAPOHR (Philippines side), Dr. Alpha Grace B Cavic, Deputy Chef of Laboratory Research Division, and Dr. Sheila Esposo, Section Head of Histopathology has expressed thanks to Dr. Akira Nishizono, Oita University and Principal Investigator of JAPOHR (Japan side).

Dr. Carlos said that these machines "would help diagnostic capabilities in routine diagnosis in RITM."
"We expect these machines would be not only providing technology for improving routine histopathological diagnosis but also contributing to rabies diagnosis in ensuring our project." Dr. Nnishizono said in responding to this.

Region III rabies task force meeting

On the 25th April 2019
FMD/RABIES/AI/AMR INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE MEETING was held in depart of agriculture regional field unit III San Fernando, Pampanga

This meeting is a regular and quarterly meeting held by the department of agriculture regional field office.
Participants are provincial/city/municipal veterinarians and discuss rabies programs.

Dr Nobuo SAITO was invited as a speaker with the title "Strategies how Japan eliminated rabies and maintain freedom and JAPOHR"
He explained how Japan eliminated rabies in past years and showed JAPOHR projects.