With over 600 participants from the 17 regional research consortia will once again converge at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Hotel on August 9-10, 2012 for the 6th Philippine National Health Research System Week Celebration. The gathering of health researchers and research enthusiasts alike at the CCP Complex, Pasay City will signify their support in this year's theme: Sustaining Research Partnerships for Better Health.
This conjunction will allow consortia and committee chairs to meet their regional counterparts to learn from each other, share information and experiences, raise their concerns, and contribute research-based solutions to health issues, among others.
Aside from the convergence of regional consortia, Consortia Exhibit Contest, Parallel Sessions of Regional Researches for the Paper & Poster Presentation Contests for both Student and Professional Categories. The winners of the PCHRD-Gruppo Medica Award for Undergraduate Thesis in Herbal Medicine will also be recognized on the 3rd day of the Celebration. 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 of week of August by virtue of Proclamation No. 1309 signed in 2007.