To promote advancement in the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology in the country the Philippine Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology PSBMB Visayas Chapter hosted its 2nd Regional Symposium on February 2122 2019 at the Visayas State University Convention Center

TACLOBAN CITY Thirtysix Nutrition Stakeholders from Eastern Visayas region actively involved in the yearly conduct of Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation MELLPI on nutrition programs and services gathered for a twoday rollout training on the updated monitoring and evaluation protocol on nutrition dubbed MELLPI Pro on Mach 67 2019 at the Commission on Audit COA Training Center Palo Leyte Attendees to the training were representatives from government agencies who are members of the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team RNET Provincial Nutrition Action Officers PNAO DistrictCity Nutrition Program Coordinators DCNPC City and Municipal Nutrition Action Officers CMNAO and some

The Philippines has been reported to be one of the fastest growing worldwide in terms of rate of increase in infections of HIVAIDS with a reported 56275 cumulative cases since 1984 by the Department of Health AIDS Registry The same data shows however that the Philippines is also a lowHIVprevalence country with less than 01 percent of the adult population estimated to be HIVpositive

Tacloban City The first built human milk bank in the Visayas was inaugurated on February 28 2019 at the Reproductive Health and Neonatal Center Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center EVRMC Tacloban City As part of the UNICEFs commitment of building back better after Super Typhoon Yolanda human breastmilk will now be available not only in usual time but also during and after disasters UNICEF Chief of Health and Nutrition Dr Wigdan Magdani said that in an area prone to disaster high incidence of infant mortality is recorded With the state of measles outbreak Department of Health Assistant Regional Director Dr

Last 27 th of February 2019 the Eastern Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium EVHRDC conducted a turnover of financial grant for Ms Inish Cris Mesias at the Office of the VicePresident for Instructions in VSU Main Campus Baybay Leyte cum Monitoring of RRFfunded Project of Dr Lilibeth Miralles in VSU Alangalang Campus