Vaccine distribution in the Philippines will be enhanced to increase efficiency, reliability, and sustainability under an agreement between the Philippine Department of Health (DOH), URC, and PTC Logistics. A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) creates a pilot project that will preserve a vaccine’s…
URC’s successful implementation of USAID’s Keneya Nieta Activity in Mali under volatile security conditions was recognized by the International Stability Operations Association (ISOA) with the Vanguard Award, a part of the organization’s Global Impact Awards. The award recognizes companies with overall outstanding…
Avian Influenza is back, and the world largely is yawning, but we should be alarmed. This highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus was first reported in Hong Kong in 1997. As an avian virus, it is highly transmittable among poultry and lethal:…
I recently returned from the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting (JITM) in Bangkok, Thailand, hosted by the Faculty of Tropical Medicine of the University of Mahidol, where the theme was “Achieving the SDGs: Human and AI-driven Solutions for Tropical Medicine in a…
The following excerpt is taken from an article on Devex that was posted on August 30, 2022. The unprecedented spread of monkeypox, following the COVID-19 pandemic, underscores how ill-prepared the world continues to be for emerging microbial threats. It seems we just can’t learn…
