News Archive

2008

• Keeping up with the season: Friends and associates gather at PRIMEX 2008 Christmas Dinner (30 Dec 2008)
• Sison, Ablaza attend partnership-building workshop for climate change adaptation (12 Dec 2008)
• PRIMEX develops new manual on voluntary HIV testing (30 November 2008)
• Survey among IDUs to measure impact of pilot intervention (30 November 2008)
• ADB, Indonesian govt agree on updated list of project deliverables (30 November 2008)
• RETA 6305 concludes 2 years of ESR strengthening for 3 Asian countries (31 Oct 2008)
• PRIMEX CEO travels to Laos and Vietnam for business development (31 October 2008)
• PRIMEX CEO and SVP attend 7th MAP International CEO conference (31 October 2008)
• Seafarers' wives in Davao coached on sexual and reproductive health (31 October 2008)
• PRIMEX Chair assists ADB Loan Fact-Finding Mission to Vietnam (31 October 2008)
• RETA 6321 project issues presented to ADB external evaluator (31 October 2008)
• PRIMEX commissioned to conduct scoping study of ADB training market for NZ firms (31 October 2008)
• PRIMEX to review EC-funded Health Sector Policy Support Programme (31 October 2008)
• HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention practices promoted among seafarers' wives (31 October 2008)
• Aspiring diplomats oriented on dealing with HIV-infected OFWs (31 October 2008)
• Anniversary guests pay tribute to PRIMEX's nurturing traditions (31 October 2008)
• Two in a row: PRIMEX-designed/managed CFRM projects rated 'successful', 'highly relevant' by ADB (31 October 2008)
• PRIMEX marks 19th year in business (7 August 2008)
• PRIMEX chair joins ADB team in preparing program design for strengthening environmental management in BIMP-EAGA (1 August 2008)
• PRIMEX Senior Economist tapped to join team preparing an environmental management program in Nepal (1 August 2008)
• DOH suggests review of gender content in training modules used in maritime schools (1 August 2008)
• PRIMEX consultants to join team for Cambodia's Tonle Sap smallholder development project (31 July 2008)
• COMBI as strategy against disease outbreaks piloted in 2 Luzon barangays (31 July (2008)
• PRIMEX CEO attends ADB-organized Training of Facilitators in Thailand (5 July 2008)
• Some 890 health, non-health practitioners trained on dengue prevention nationwide (5 July 2008)
• Computer-based training on disease surveillance reporting held for DOH-RESUs (5 July 2008)
• Health info officers learn new tricks in risk communication (5 July 2008)
• Hospital coordinators trained on avian flu preparedness (5 July 2008)
• Mid-term review of RETA 6321 concluded (5 July 2008)
• Women targeted in ADB's new project on HIV vulnerability reduction (30 May 2008)
• Handbook crafted to guide Malaysia's implementation of IHR-2005 (30 May 2008)
• Indonesia charts roadmaps on ESR, early disease warning and response (30 May 2008)
• Insurance portability research identifies gaps, recommendations for Philippine medical tourism (30 May 2008)
• ADB lauds PRIMEX's 'personal commitment' in implementing RETA 6305 (30 April 2008)
• Former seafarer takes center stage at HIV/AIDS forum (30 April 2008)
• PRIMEX chair leads design study in Qingdao (30 April 2008)
• Provincial training on dengue also aimed at community leaders and non-health personnel (30 April 2008)
• Harm reduction program for IDUs piloted in two Zambo barangays (30 April 2008)
• Forum seeks international consensus on applied epidemiology training (30 April 2008)
• RETA 6305 Culminates with a Concluding Workshop in April 2008 (27 February 2008)
• PRIMEX and NEC strengthen Regional Epidemiological Response and Surveillance in Luzon (27 February 2008)
• Participatory Planning Workshop on HIV/AIDS and IDU held in January 2008 (26 February 2008)
• RETA 6305 Co-Team Leader joins International Meeting of FETP in Thailand (14 February 2008)
• PRIMEX starts 2008 with successful project launches (19 February 2008)
• Philippine Department of Health Launches Nationwide Anti-Dengue Campaign (21 January 2008

2007

• Second Phase of Training Rollout on EIDs Ends in Zamboanga City (8 December 2007)
• Study Tour on IDU Harm Reduction Organized in Jakarta (3 December 2007)
• PRIMEX, DOH collaborate in studying prevalence of injecting drug use (25 Sept 2007)
• International advocacy group shares 'AIDS Competence' with local NGOs (25 Sept 2007)
• WHO seeks strengthened health response capacities for travel and transport (12 Sept 2007)
• Project team visits drug-injecting groups in Visayas, Mindanao (12 Sept 2007)
• 3 countries meet to share, improve ESR designs (12 Sept 2007)
• PIDSR pretested in selected local health units (24 August 2007)
• PRIMEX marks 18th years of professionalism in consulting work (24 August 2007)
• Malaysia proposes integrated laboratory-based surveillance system (31 July 2007)
• Indonesia sets up secretariat for IHR-2005 (31 July 2007)
• 2nd Phase of training rollout on EIDs kicks off in Baguio City (31 July 2007)
• Recommendations for sustainable aquaculture in the Philippines outlined in project's Draft Final Report (20 July 2007)
• NGOs, agencies share milestones, challenges at HIV/AIDS project inception workshop (5 July 2007)
• PIDSR a bedrock in disease surveillance and response - Sec. Duque (25 June 2007)
• PRIMEX wins bid to strengthen Philippines' response to HIV/AIDS (5 June 2007)
• CEO to chair two-day business opportunities seminar for consultants (10 May 2007)
• Writeshop for disease surveillance manual kicks off today (7 May 2007)
• New timeline for SARS project extension (2 May 2007)
• RETA 6305 represented at IHR workshop in Maldives (30 April 2007)
• PRIMEX joins international confab on fisheries, poverty (12 April 2007)
• RETA 6305 team leader attends Indonesia's FETP workshop (02 April 2007)
• PRIMEX in forefront of USAID global fight vs Avian Influenza in SE Asia (29 March 2007)
• PRIMEX commences research on health insurance portability (23 March 2007)
• Concluding workshop presents aquaculture strategies to groups of stakeholders (25 March 2007)
• PHOTONEWS: RETA 6305 team visits Malaysia's Ministry of Health (23 March 2007)
• Workshops on disease surveillance integration taps health managers at all levels (3 March 2007)
• Multistakeholder forum tackles government priorities for aquaculture research (2 March 2007)
• Meet PRIMEX's new top managers: Profiles of Leo Pura and Yolly Francisco (5 March 2007)
• Project extension sought to fund additional surveillance trainings for local docs (26 February 2007)
• Workshop held to harmonize various disease surveillance practices (12 Feb 2007)

2006

• Disease surveillance among 3 countries discussed at Jakarta workshop (1 Dec 2006)
• Summit prepares LGU execs against emerging infections (Oct 5, 2006)
• Extension considered for 2 PRIMEX projects (11 Sept 2006)
• PRIMEX co-hosts private-public sector confab on basic education (11 Sept 2006)
• PRIMEX eyes service expansion in other management sectors (08 Sept 2006)
• Workshop enhances office coordination, quality control and company's productivity(08 Sept 2006)
• FRMP cites best 'marine' film at Moonrise festival (28 August 2006)
• Project preparation report completed for Indonesia's fishery sector (28 August 2006)
• Study justifies poverty reduction project in Vietnam's coastal provinces (25 August 2006)
• DOH proposes establishment of LGU-based surveillance units (28 August 2006)
• PRIMEX engaged in study on strategizing aquaculture for country's poverty reduction (21 August 2006)
• Execs, consultants join staff in marking PRIMEX's 17th anniversary (11 August 2006)
• PRIMEX represented at ADB's results-focused facilitation course (9 August 2006)
• Sison succeeds Leviste as new PRIMEX chair (09 August 2006)
• Mirant Philippines names Leviste new CEO (24 April 2006)
• 384 health professionals trained on disease surveillance nationwide (29 May 2006)
• Sarangani Bay to benefit from septage treatment facilities (16 May 2006)
• PRIMEX wins bid to improve disease surveillance systems of 3 Asian countries (12 May 2006)