INVITATION to a LOGO DESIGN CONTEST


For the Central Visayas Consortium for Health Research & Development (CVCHRD)

A P10,000 cash reward and a certificate of recognition awaits the winning entry.


Requirements:

1.    Should be original.
2.    Should represent the Vision-Mission of the consortium.

VISION
The key catalyst in the generation of health research necessary for the equitable delivery of health services in the Region 

MISSION
Develop and maintain a network of institutions from various sectors of society through joint commitment, sharing of resources and collaborative working relationships; manage the regional health research agenda.

The Central Visayas Consortium for Health Research and Development (CVCHRD) through the Committee on Ethics Review organized the training-workshop for the members of the consortium to build capacity on ethics review. The resource person, Dr. Ricardo Manalastas, Jr. of UP-Philippine General Hospital, was sent by the Philippine Health Research Ethics Board (PHREB) to give lectures and facilitated the workshops of the two-day training.

A total of 24 participants from the member institutions of CVCHRD,including the six members of the Ethics Review Committee,attended the two-day training which was held at the Department of Science and Technology 7 compound, National Government Center, Lahug, Cebu City. Lecture topics ranged widely from Introduction to Ethics in Research, to Scientific and Ethical Soundness, The Person as an End and the Principles of Beneficence and Non-Maleficence, Respect for Person, Securing Free and Informed Consent from Human Participants, to Controls in Ensuring Ethical Research,Ethics in Publications and Authorship, among others.Aside from these lectures, the participants were also made to study a sample proposal to see if there are terminologies in its protocol that need simplification for the benefit of the research participants. The current (2011)National Ethical Guidelines on Health Research was also reviewed to identify portions that need modification/clarification and to suggest ethical issues that were missed out but are thought to be relevant for the improvement of the guidelines. In the practical sessions, the participants were grouped into four who were made to conduct ethics review on some Caselets and to present these in plenary. A Role Playing exercise on how to handle a meeting by an Ethics Review Committee was also conducted where the participants were made to identify flaws in the conduct of the meeting and apply their knowledge gained from the lectures. The open discussion during both lectures and workshop sessions were enriching enough that most participants stayed on until the last part of the program and looking forward to the next seminar on this topic.

Contributed by D.B. Largo, Chair, Ethics Review Committee

Table 1. List of participants of the Training-Workshop on Basic Health Research Ethics

on November 21-22, 2012.

Prepared by:

DANILO B. LARGO, PH.D.

Chair, Ethics Review Committee

Noted by:

ENRICO B. GRUET, MD

Chair, Advisory Council

November 23, 2012

If there is a time of the year that you allow yourself to relax and forget about strict diet and constant work-out trips to the gym, it’s the coming festive season. It’s when you are already winding down towards the end of the working year and gearing up for the holiday season. There are lots of parties to attend, fruit cakes to nibble and noche Buena leftovers to enjoy, along with the relaxing cool breeze.

Despite the festivities of the season, remember to limit the days when you are overeating to avoid over-indulgence. Here are some strategies to pacify your holiday fangs:

1. Have a healthy snack before you go to a party or function. Filling foods such as sandwiches or a bowl of cereal is a good idea.
2. More than usual when you arrive at a party, you tend to be thirsty and in response you drink the first drink fast. Quench your thirst with a glass of water instead of a high-calorie alcoholic or soft drink;
3. Enjoy one or two small treats so you don’t feel deprived but don’t go back for third and fourth servings. If you overfill your plate, you are more likely to eat a much larger portion than usual, so go easy!
4. Also, take into account your feeling of fullness. Don’t keep nibbling just because food is there. Position yourself away from the buffet table. This will prevent you from grabbing small servings every now and then.
5. Lastly, if you are the host, encourage guests to take home leftovers so you are not tempted to over-indulge the following day.

The outcome of pregnancy is highly dependent on the health status of the mother.

According to the 7^th National Nutrition Survey (NNS) by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST) in 2008, 26.3 percent of pregnant women are nutritionally-at-risk for delivering low birth weight infants.

Moreover, the prevalence rate of anemia among pregnant women is 42.5 percent and 9.5 percent for Vitamin A deficiency, the survey also disclosed.

This high rate of undernourished pregnant women translates into high rate of undernourished babies.