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DOST-PCHRD Research Capacity Building Initiative in Maternal and Child Health

INTRODUCTION

Around the world, approximately 810 women die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. The vast majority of these deaths occur in developing countries like the Philippines. Despite progress for the past two decades in national policies tackling improvements in the delivery of maternal health care, the maternal mortality rate (MMR) across the Philippines remains persistently high with a notably slow decline of 2% annually. In 2018 alone, the Philippine Statistics Authority recorded a total of 1,616 Filipino women who died as a result of pregnancy and childbirth-related complications. This number increased from 1,484 deaths from the previous year.

February 10, 2022

ESSU hosts RIC Third Quarter Meeting Cum Call for Proposals

On May 16, 2018, the Eastern Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium (EVHRDC) Secretariat to visit the Eastern Samar State University (ESSU) Borongan Campus as host in the conduct of back-to-back activities: 2nd Quarter Research Information Committee (RIC) meeting and call for proposals.

During the said call for proposals, the secretariat is expecting at least 21 participants from the different institutions in the province of Eastern Samar, to attend and submit health-related proposals for funding through the consortium.

May 15, 2018