Tacloban City, March 3, 2017 - The National Unified Health Research Agenda (NUHRA), a major document produced by the Research Agenda Committee (RAC) of the Philippine National Health Research System (PNHRS), serves as the country’s template for health research and development efforts. NUHRA was developed, with the health research priorities perceived as relevant to the country’s public health situation particularly addressing the health issues of the poor and disadvantaged segments of the population. It is regularly updated to account for recent developments, new directions and thrusts. The updating takes into consideration the United Nation Millennium Development Goals, Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan, National Health Plan, and the National Science and Technology Plan. The Alliance for Improving Health Outcomes, Incorporated (AIHO) is commissioned by the DOST-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) in the crafting of the NUHRA for 2017-2022.
March 4, 2017
Tacloban City, March 3, 2017 – As an offshoot of the Eastern Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium (EVHRDC) funded research study entitled “Assessment of the Sanitary Conditions and Food Handlers’ Practices of Public and Private High School Canteens in Eastern Visayas, Philippines”, the Department of Health Regional Office VIII (DOH RO8) in coordination with the study’s Lead Investigator Mr. Pet Anthony Pascual and Leyte Normal University (LNU) conducted a “Feedback Forum on Food Safety Research and Training of Food Handlers in Selected Schools in Eastern Visayas” last March 1 – 2, 2017 at the DOH RO8 Conference Room, Bgry. Candahug, Palo, Leyte. The activity aimed to disseminate evidence-based information and use these strategies to adopt and integrate evidence-based health interventions on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
March 3, 2017
Call for Proposals for EVHRDC Funding
Tacloban City, February 24, 2017 — The Eastern Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium (EVHRDC) is geared towards generating more research outputs that will promote Health policy formulation, enhance health program performance, as well as improve clinical practices in various hospitals and health Institutions in Eastern Visayas.
In this context, the “Call for Proposal Forum” was spearheaded by the DOH-RO8, in collaboration with the EVHRDC on February 23, 2017, Villa Lolita Apartelle, Tacloban City and was attended by 46 representativesfrom various hospitals and medical institutions in the region.
February 24, 2017
SAMAR STATE UNIVERSITY, Catbalogan City, Samar. – From a college thesis, now a commercialized product in-waiting. This is the fate of a computer engineering project of Samar State University in 2013, which has received at least 5 different awards to date, from local to national competition. The biggest was the USAid-STRIDE award worth PhP 1.03M received this month of February 2017.
The device is a system which allows visually impaired people to detect and evade obstacles. It comprises a microcontroller-based embedded design that can measure the distance to the near objects through the use of ultrasonic, which generates high-frequency sound waves and evaluates the echo which is received back by the sensor. When a nearby obstacle is detected, the device notifies the user through a sound and vibration.
February 9, 2017
Eastern Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium (EVHRDC) conducts an Institutional Visit Cum Research Information Committee (RIC) Meeting last February 2, 2017 at Samar State University (SSU)
Catbalogan City, Samar. February 2, 2017 — The EVHRDC – RIC members and Committee Chairs together with Ms. Anicia P. Catameo had gathered and conducted its first institutional visit at Samar State University (SSU), Catbalogan Samar.
The SSU had been actively participating the EVHRDC activities for the past several years, hence, SSU has been chosen by the EVHRDC to be visited this CY 2017. The institutional visit aims to promote EVHRDC and be able to come up with health related research studies for possible funding this year.
February 2, 2017