DOST-PCHRD Balik Scientists join fight against COVID-19
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Heeding the call to help the country fight COVID-19, Filipino scientists formerly based abroad have joined other frontliners in the fight against COVID-19 and are now working in different hospitals in the country.
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DOST-FPRDI develops antimicrobial soaps, hand mists
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Exploring the vast potential of our local forest resources, the DOST- Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) has developed personal care products useful in maintaining personal hygiene amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
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DOST-PCHRD rolls out more RxBox telehealth devices to fight COVID-19
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While waiting for the so-called “flattening the curve”in terms of the spread of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes the deadly COVID-19, the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) continues to deploy more RxBoxes in different hospitals across the country.
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The Feeding Force Project
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As the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) has been extended in most parts of the region, the social and economic structures of the country cannot absorb months-long quarantine; otherwise, there will be serious problems on poverty, famine, law and order, among others. True to its mission to fight hunger and poverty by providing proper nutrition for the poor, the Negrense Volunteers for Change (NVC) Foundation spearheaded the donation of food packs for hundreds of households and Mingo meals for the poor children in some areas in Negros Occidental.