Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) Executive Director, Dr. Jaime C. Montoya will lead the presentation of the accomplishments in health research and development at the 3rd National Research and Development Conference (NRDC) on 20 April 2018 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC).
Scientists and researchers of the country come together at the annual conference to present projects on five sector components: (1) basic research, (2) agriculture, aquatic, and natural resources, (3) health, (4) industry, energy, and emerging technology, and (5) disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.
Underlining the Council’s support in every stage in health research, Dr. Montoya will discuss the Council’s accomplishments of the previous year and the exciting developments to look forward to this 2018.
The health sector will have a notable lineup of four speakers startingwith Dr. Mario V. Capanzana of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute who will talk about the Malnutrition Reduction Program.
Dr. Raul V. Destura of UP Manila and the Philippine Genome Center will be presenting “Lab-in-a-Mug Project: How Dengue brought us together,” highlighting the development and the process behind the affordable, accurate, and rapid test kit for accurate detection of dengue infection—Biotek-MTM Dengue aqua kit. Biotek-MTM recently received a gold medal at the Salon International des Inventions de Genève.
The “Axis Knee System: Confidence in Every Step” by Dr. Ilustre I. Guloy of the Orthopaedic International Inc. and Asian Hospital and Medical Center will discuss the cost-efficient, simple, and revolutionary knee replacement system that is now commercially available for individuals suffering from severe osteoarthritis.
Dr. Evangeline C. Amor will be discussing one of the projects under the Tuklas Lunas Program: Discovery and Development of Health Products: Terrestrial Herbals and Drug Candidates, a collaborative research program among institutions across the country. Supplements and medicine for disease such as diabetes, inflammation and pain, hypertension and high cholesterol, gout, and microbial infection could be made available through the discoveries of the projects.
The conference will showcase updates on the Harmonized National R&D Agenda (HRNDA 2017-2022). NRDC is an annual gathering to consult and gather inputs of government agencies, private R&D institutions, the academe, industry, and other concerned agencies for research and development plans and programs.
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Written by Reuben Andrew R. Razal