"Marcos scandal", once the Marcoses were deposed in 1986. The investigation by the Japanese legislature's 1986 session and the resulting reforms eventually brought about the creation of JICA's first ODA Charter in 1992. Post-EDSA reforms The RITM was retained by the Aquino administration, and the various administrations after the 1986 EDSA revolution have continued to work with JICA to improve and expand RITM's services. Research dissemination By 1987, RITM had implemented reforms reflecting the new administration's focus on making sure research is disseminated – launching a companion program to disseminate research results and creating the Office of Public Information Research Dissemination. It also launched a quarterly publication detailing its research findings and news items. Work towards the establishment of an International Training Center was also begun. Increased Philippine government funding After Marcos was deposed in February 1986, the new government began allotting larger budgets to the RITM, with a 4.9 million increase in 1986. In the first full budget year after the Marcos administration, the RITM was given 5 million more than it had been given in the 1985 budget. Expansion Additional research grants (1987) Research grants from the World Health Organization, the National Academy of Sciences (BOSTID), the International Development Research Center, the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau, the Edna McConnel Clark Foundation, Sanofi, and the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development allowed RITM to expand its research beyond their previous focus on diarrheal diseases, acute respiratory infections, and schistosomiasis, and allowed research programs in AIDS, leprosy, hepatitis, dengue, and malaria. A Technical Cooperation Program with JICA allowed RITM to expand the expertise of its staff. Center for Training in Tropical Infectious Diseases (1989) In 1989, the RITM Center for Training in Tropical Infectious Diseases was established. NIH Tropical Medicine Research Center Program (1991) In 1990 the US National Institutes of Health approved a 5-year grant to the RITM for the establishment of a NIH Tropical Medicine Research Center Program in the Philippines, starting in February 1991. This partnership allowed the RITM to collaborate with scientists in Australia and the US on research relating to malaria, leprosy, and schistosomiasis. Merger with the DOH Biologicals Production Service (2000) The Biologicals Production Service of the Department of Health, the vaccine laboratory of the Philippines, was absorbed by the RITM in November 2000 Biosafety Level 3 laboratory (2018) The RITM received a Biosafety Level 3 laboratory from the Japanese government in