Health research stakeholders will gather again for the 6th Philippine National Health Research System (PNHRS) Week celebration on August 8 - 10, 2012 to be held at the Hotel Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila. With the theme, “Sustaining Research Partnerships for Better Health,” the event emphasizes the healthy cooperation of research stakeholders to generate new knowledge and innovations in support of the country’s Kalusugang Pangkalahatan agenda.
This year’s celebration will bring in the consortia chairs and committee chairs to parallel sessions on R&D agenda, capacity building, research utilization, ethics and governance. As well, there will be plenary and concurrent sessions on topic relevant to strengthening health research collaboration.
More than 600 participants from all the 17 regional health research consortia are expected to participate in the event. For more information, please contact PNHRS secretariat at telephone numbers: (02) 8377534 or (02) 8377537 or visit PNHRS website at http://www.healthresearch.ph/.
PNHRS Week is held annually on the second week of August by virtue of Proclamation No. 1309 signed in 2007.