Palo, Leyte, January 28 (PIA) - The Eastern Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium (EVHRDC), an organization that strongly promotes health research activities in the region, has conducted on November 9, 2020, a Dissemination Forum on some Completed RRF (Regional Research Fund) Funded Projects.
The activity which was aimed to inform the public on some health initiatives highly relevant to human consumption so as to address some health issues, was conducted as part of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Regional Office 8’s annual celebration of the National Science and Technology Week which was celebrated on November 9-13, 2020.
With the current health crisis the world is currently facing, the forum was made possible through Zoom Conference, a virtual platform commonly utilized to avoid face-to-face interactions, in adherence to the government’s Covid-19 minimum health protocols.
Prior to the forum proper, a presentation of the EVHRDC Government Best Practices Recognition entry was made by, Dr. Reynaldo Garnace, a member of the EVHRDC’s Capability Building Committee.
Among the completed health research projects disseminated during the regional event were: 1) Community Risk Factors on the Occurrence and Prevention of Diarrhea Outbreak in Eastern Visayas: A Case- Control Study conducted by Dr. Lilibeth Miralles of the Visayas State University, Alang-alang Campus; 2) Awareness, Utilization, Implementation, and Satisfaction on the High Impact Five (HI-5) Program in Eastern Visayas as presented by Dr. Pearl Irish T. Velicaria–De Paz of the Biliran Province State University, and; 3) Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Klebsiella-Predating Bacteriophages from Natural and Artificial Bodies of Water by Mr. Clive Ivan Mercado of the St. Scholastica’s College of Tacloban.
In efforts to clearly understand some scientific explanations on the above-mentioned projects, an open forum was initiated after the activity, of which questions were raised by the participants with accurate answers provided by the researchers themselves.
The Research Dissemination Forum is among the major activities of the region's research organization. Key ideas and importance of the said activity was given emphasis during the event by the DOST’s EVHRDC Director, Dr. Lucia Dauz. (GTT/PIA-Leyte).
