DAVAO
CITY, Nov. 18 – The first Health of the Lumad Summit, with the theme
“Sustainable Health and Research Engagement (SHARE) with the Lumads”, will be
held here in Davao City on November 19-20, 2014 at the Brokenshire Resort and
Convention Center in Madapo Hills.
The
summit is organized by the six Regional Health Research and Development
Consortia (RHRDCs) in Mindanao led by RHRDC-XI, in cooperation with the
Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Health Research
and Development (DOST-PCHRD) and the Philippine Institute of Traditional and
Alternative Health Care (PITAHC).
According
to the event’s organizers, the summit aims to provide avenues for sharing experiences
in doing research among indigenous peoples (IPs), and to identify issues that
affect the health of IPs.
These
discussions may form the basis for policy reviews and ethical guidelines in IP
health research, which may then help create novel platforms for partnerships
among IPs, research communities and other stakeholders.
Former
Department of Health Secretary Dr. Jaime Galvez Tan will deliver the Keynote
Address on the first day of the summit.
Other
invited speakers include doctors, nurses, health workers, educators and
anthropologists from different institutions across Mindanao.
The
summit hopes to bring together up to 300 participants coming from regional,
provincial and municipal health offices, people’s organizations in IP
communities, the academe, LGUs, CSOs, and other government agencies. (PR/Andrea
Malaya M. Ragragio/UPMin)
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