R&D Agenda

MHRDC Research Priorities

Health Researches on indigenous population
Health technology/innovation
- Development of information, communication, technology for Health
- Telemedicine
Nutrition, food safety and security
- Nutrition status of Indigenous People of the Region
- Functional Food/Malnutrition
Maternal Health
- Addressing the variables to ensure equitable healthcare delivery to indigenous
  population communities, especially pregnant women and newborns/ maternal health/
- Health Education
- Basic Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care facility
Human Resources for Health
- Medical and allied health education
- Computer literacy of BHW
- Adequacy of primary care workers and Specialist in the Region/Province
Mental Health
Health service delivery access to health care
- Accessibility of Functional Health Services
- Health services
- Basic Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care Facility
- Telemedicine
- Ways to reduce the impact of inadequate professional health services/providers in the island provinces
- Addressing the variables to ensure equitable healthcare delivery to IP communities, especially pregnant women and newborns/ maternal health/ Health Education
Health Statistics
- Survey on vital health statistics
Health Behavior
- Health-seeking behavior
- Health practices
- Access to health care,
- Ethnobotanical practices of indigenous populations (knowledge, attitude, practices on herbal plant utilization)
Emerging and re-emerging diseases
- Emerging diseases
- HIV/AIDS cases uptrend