With the pursuit to ramp up the COVID-19 vaccination activities in Eastern Visayas, the Department of Health Eastern Visayas Center for Health Development together with the Regional Task Force against COVID-19, and the Regional COVID-19 Vaccination Operations Center, launched the Regional Vaccination Days- a massive vaccination campaign all over Region VIII starting January 31 until February 2.
The simultaneous implementation of the said vaccination drive in all six provinces aims to vaccinate at least 1 million individuals in three days; facilitate the vaccination activities and expedite vaccination of individuals with zero dose, those with due/missed second doses, and booster doses by devoting three days solely for vaccination activities regionwide.
January 31, 2022
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, 2021
The 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, 2021
Palo, 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, 2021
Eastern 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, 2021