The Eastern Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium (EVHRDC), spearheaded by the its Capacity Building Committee (CBC) and Research Management Committee (RMC), conducted a Training-Workshop on Molecular and Biotechnological Health Research on October 13, 14, & 15, 2021 from 9:00AM – 5:00PM via Zoom Conference.
November 12, 2021The EVHRDC Awards is presented to researchers in Region 8 to recognize significant contributions to knowledge related to health. The awards will have two (2) categories: the Distinguished Health Researcher Award and the EVHRDC Outstanding Novice Researcher Award. Up to three awards may be given annually under the two award categories. The selection committee may not confer any of the awards once no one meets the qualifications.
Eligibility for Distinguished Health Researcher Award
September 30, 2021Palo, Leyte – The Department of Education Regional Office VIII, led by its Regional Director Ma. Gemma Mercado Ledesma, started its vaccination roll out for its employees on August 2021. It can be noted that DepEd personnel has been included in the A4 category as approved by the President and the National IAFT.
To ensure that all DepEd employees in the region will get equal opportunity to get vaccinated, Regional Director Ledesma requested the Department of Health Regional Office VIII to immediately accommodate its employees through their respective Local Government Units despite being classified under A4 category. The said request was then approved by the Department of Interior and Local Government and DepEd employees are now being entertained by their respective LGUs on scheduled basis.
August 19, 2021Eastern Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium (EVHRDC) thru the Capacity Building Committee conducted a 2-day Webinar on Statistical Analysis for Scientific Research last July 21-22, 2021. This was participated by 18 researchers coming from member institutions. The activity was graced during the Opening Program by the Dr. Exuperia B. Sabalberino, EVHRDC Chairperson and DOH EVCHD Regional Director, by a Welcome Message. Dr. Virgilio E. Sabalo, Capacity Building Committee Chairperson, delivered the rationale of the activity. Resource Speakers were invited namely: Dr. Norberto E. Milla, Head of the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Statistics of Visayas State College, Prof. Ferdinand Abocejo, Associate Professor V of Eastern Visayas State University, and Dr. Sherrie Ann C. Labid, from Samar State University who is also the Research Utilization Committee Chairperson. Dr. Milla gave an overview about the JASP software and demonstrated on how to use the software. He discussed in detail the concepts of data transformation and descriptive statistics, among others. Prof. Abocejo discussed about correlation analysis and the linear regression . On the other hand, Dr. Labid discussed about the Relative Risk and Odds Ratio on the 2nd day.
August 16, 2021The Department of Health Eastern Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH EVCHD), thru its Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, received a report from the DOH Central Office’s Epidemiology Bureau that of the samples sent for sequencing to the Philippine Genome Center between June and July, ten (10) turned out to be positive for the highly transmissible Delta Variantor the B.1.6.1.7 lineage first identified in India.
Of the ten individuals who tested positive for the said variant of concern, nine (9) are from Eastern Samar– one (1) from Arteche, five (5) from Borongan, three (3) from Can-avid, and one (1) from Tacloban City. Although all have already recovered, the Surveillance and Epidemiology Unit of DOH EVCHD is conducting an investigation for forward and backward tracing. This is to determine the source or origin of transmission and determine the extent of transmission in the area. All are considered to be local casesbecause there were no recorded travel history outside the region amongst them. Active monitoring and surveillance is being conducted to gather more data about these cases in the areas mentioned.
July 30, 2021