The Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD), in coordination with the Region 1 Health Research and Development Consortium (R1HRDC), conducted the first phase of the capacity building on health research in disaster on January 23-24, 2018 at the Northview Hotel, Laoag City. Participated by 25 researchers, the training aims to equip young researchers in the region with the basic foundation in the field of disaster research.

Dr. Miguel Manuel Dorotan, Dr. Ofelia Saniel, and Dr. Ophelia Mendoza, the resource persons, introduced the basic principles and concepts on disaster risk reduction (DRR). The Phase II and Phase III of the training is scheduled on March 6-8 and April 3-4, 2018, respectively, by the same set of participants who attended the Phase I. At the end of the three trainings, the participants is expected to come up with a proposal that will address knowledge gap on disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.