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March 18, 2020

DOST, partner company to produce 500,000 reusable face masks that last 50 washes

The Department of Science and Technology announced that one of its institutes will be producing face masks to meet the high demand due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “DOST’s Philippine Textile...

March 17, 2020

WHO considers ‘airborne precautions’ for medical staff after study shows coronavirus can survive in air

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus talks during a daily press briefing on COVID-19 virus at the WHO headquaters in Geneva on March 11, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini |...

March 13, 2020

Call for Research Proposals: AHEAD-HPSR Program

The Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) is pleased to announce the first call for research proposals for the Advancing Health through...

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March 11, 2020

DOH: Zero PUIs in Northern Mindanao

NORTHERN Mindanao remains to be one of the regions in the country with zero patients under investigation (PUI) for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) as of Monday, March 9.Dr. Ian Gonzales,...

March 10, 2020

Filipino-made COVID 19 testing kit is now FDA approved

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Certificate of Exemption for the SARS CoV-2 PCR Detection Kit according to their press release earlier today. The said project is funded...

March 10, 2020

FDA ALLOWS USE OF COVID 19 TEST KITS DEVELOPED BY LOCAL SCIENTISTS

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a Certificate of Exemption for the SARS CoV-2 PCR Detection Kit. This University of the Philippines- National Institute of Health (UPNIH)...

March 9, 2020

DOST-PCHRD opens 2021 call for proposals on April 1

The Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) opens the call for research proposals on 1 April 2020. The DOST-PCHRD Executive Director, Dr. Jaime C. Montoya, announced this last...

March 6, 2020

DOH CONFIRMS TWO MORE CASES OF COVID-19 IN PH

Press Release / 6 March 2020 The Department of Health (DOH) reported two additional confirmed cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Philippines, bringing the total...

March 6, 2020

Three PCHRD programs in DOST’s BIG 20 in 2020

Three of the Philippine Council's for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) research programs and technologies were featured in the recent tech-media conference, DOST's Big 20 in 2020, held on 20...

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