The Philippine Council for Health Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCHRD) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Massachusetts General Hospital for research programs in identified priority areas in health.
This MOU also covers training opportunities in Harvard University and its network of affiliate institutions, Science Secretary Fortunato T. de le Peña said during the recent DOST Report via DOSTv on Facebook.
The DOST-PCHRD also signed an MOU with United States National Institutes of Health (US-NIH) for the establishment of the Regional Prospective Observational Research in Tuberculosis Consortium in the country.
The signatory for the US-NIH was Dr. Anthony Fauci.
The research program is composed of two projects on tuberculosis being implemented by the UP Manila National Institutes of Health and the Dela Salle University for a duration of three years.