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DOST-PCHRD Call for Papers 2020

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  • Mental Health

  • OMICS Technology for Health

  • Dengue and Other Arboviruses

  • Diagnostics

  • Functional Food

  • Biomedical Engineering and Health Technologies

  • Information and Communication Technology for Health

  • Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Health

You may access the materials, including relevant guidelines and forms in this Google Drive link:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1h-pCqBxcA_ufKM-VdbV0WmKla76rCosA?usp=sharing

Submission of Proposals is from April 1, 2020 until April 30, 2020 only

April 2, 2020

EVSU develops immuno boost drink

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TACLOBAN CITY (Ramil UyDOST) – It seems like Region 8’s State Colleges and Universities (SUCs) joined the bandwagon of institutions confronting the deadly kiss of COVID-19. These universities have their own ways to be a significant part of the increasing fighters against the invisible enemies; some done relief operations, production of sanitizers and distributed it to front liners, face masks, plastic face shields, etc. But Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU) in Tacloban City, through the leadership of President Dominador O. Aguirre, Jr., came up with ExCITE Drink. Using the DOST 8 - EVSU Eastern Visayas Food Innovation Center (EV-FIC), a group of the university’s Food Technologists developed a drink that will boost human energy they called ExCITE Drink.

April 1, 2020

DOH-EASTERN VISAYAS CONFIRMS ADDITIONAL ONE (1) NEW POSITIVE CASE OF COVID 19 IN THE REGION

Press Release/31 March 2020

The Department of Health – Eastern Visayas Center for Health reports today additional one (1) new confirmed case of COVID-19 in Eastern Visayas. This bring the total of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Region to two (2). The second confirmed case was part of the second batch of 22 sample sent to Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center for COVID-19 testing.

The second confirmed positive case is a 63 year old male from Calbayog City with history of travel to Manila and arrived in the region last March 8, 2020 with symptoms of dry cough. He was admitted on March 21, 2020 in a local hospital and later discharged with a diagnosis of Community Acquired Pneumonia and was sent  home with medication and advised home isolation.

March 31, 2020

SECOND PATIENT UNDER INVESTIGATION IN EASTERN VISAYAS TURNED NEGATIVE OF 2019 nCoV ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISEASE (2019 nCoV ARD) AND NOW FOR DISCHARGED

Today the laboratory results of the second Patient Under Investigation (PUI) in Eastern Visayas arrived and tested negative for the 2019 nCoV ARD. The PUI is a 30 year old female from Leyte with history of travel to Hongkong and Macau and went back to Leyte on January 21, 2020. She has been isolated and admitted for five (5) days in DOH referral hospital before the results came in and now she is for discharged.

February 5, 2020

Northern Samar LGUs Conduct LNAP Enhancement Workshop

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PALO, LEYTE – With the main objective of finalizing the local nutrition action plan (LNAP) 2020-2022 selected local government units of Northern Samar immersed themselves to the Workshop on Enhancement and Finalization of LNAPs on 6-8 November 2019 at Ciriaco Hotel, Calbayog City, Samar.

The said activity was a follow through of the integrating of nutrition in the development plans exercise conducted last 17-20 September 2019 at The Oreintal Hotel, Palo, Leyte for the Northern Samar Province and its constituents’ municipalities. The enhancement/finalization of LNAPs was sponsored by Plan International to identified Plan areas to cover: Catubig, Las Navas, San Roque, Lope de Vega and Catarman.

November 28, 2019