DOST 02 Director Sancho A. Mabborang, Chairperson of Cagayan Valley Health Research and Development Consortium (CVHRDC) and the Regional Gender and Development Committee (RGDC), encouraged members of the health consortium to consider engaging into researches related to gender issues during the conduct of CVHRDC 2nd Quarter Meeting at ISU-Cauayan.

Moreover, he highlighted the harmonized call for proposals to all areas of research (Health, Agriculture and Engineering). Also, he announced that the Tuklas Lunas Development Center will be launched on August and he is expecting strengthened partnership among regional line agencies and institutions in coming up with health R&D thru this center.

Meanwhile, the consortium Chairperson requested representatives fro Southern Isabela General Hospital (SIGH), Philippine Drug and Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and Region II Trauma and Medical Center (RIITMC) to share their institution's health research thrusts and to identify areas where the consortium may provide assistance to raise the bar of health researches conducted in the region.