Category: SYSTEM INITIATIVES

A university-based pandemic monitor pointed out a huge gap in the COVID-19 data that was too hard to ignore as it could result in misplaced policies and misinterpretation of the severity of the situation.

As medical doctors underscore the disconnect in the situation on the ground, data analytics from the University of the Philippines (UP) Pandemic Response Team (PRT) touch on the gap and delays between laboratory test results and the data published by the Department of Health (DOH).

Health advocate Dr. Gene Nisperos of Community Medicine Development Foundation said this could be a reason “we are losing the pandemic fight. We’ve fallen behind the enemy.”

The Quezon City Government has partnered with the University of the Philippines-Resilience Institute in developing a Drainage Master Plan (DMP) for the City.

Mayor Joy Belmonte revealed the good news in a chat message to Maharlika TV network (MTVN) saying that this landmark project only needs to integrate with the national government’s development plan before it will be executed.

The study was led by Dr. Elena Pernia of the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Mass Communication and funded by the DoST-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development.

It presented an analysis of media, information materials produced by the Department of Health, audience reception and interpersonal information sources on dengue and Dengvaxia, and the influence of these sources on the trust and confidence in interventions for dengue and other immunization programs.

The UP System – Office of Alumni Relations (UPS-OAR) in partnership with the UP Information Technology Development Center (UP ITDC) has launched the Alumni Email Registration (AER) and Alumni Services to improve the quality of assistance it provides especially with the UP alumni. Both services can be found on UP Alumni website: https://alum.up.edu.ph/.

AER was launched in July 2021. Through AER, the UP alumni can now request for an alumni email account (@alum.up.edu.ph) online. Just visit the Alumni Website and click “Alumni Email Account” to register. Accomplish the form with your information and follow all the instructions afterwards to successfully complete your application. 

The capacity of the Filipinos to undertake in-depth energy research on policies as well as technological innovations may eventually be enhanced, with the approval on the establishment of the proposed Philippine Energy Research and Policy Institute (PERPI) that will be attached to the University of the Philippines (UP), the premiere state university.

The proposed energy research body will source its funding from the government, based on the prescription of Republic Act 11572 or the law that underpinned the creation of PERPI.

Nine Fellows have been selected for the third cycle of the Public Service Writing Fellowship of the University of the Philippines.

“There are still many laws that need to be enacted and still many provisions of existing laws that need to be revised because there are provisions in existing laws that are discriminatory to women. But when we talk about gender, we don’t only refer to women,” said Ms. Africa-Verceles, emphasizing that gender equality includes the rights of the LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning) community. 

The University of the Philippines is calling for applications to the 3rd Public Service Writing Fellowship until May 31, 2021. The application packet may be downloaded from http://bit.ly/3rdPSWF-App and submitted to [email protected].

The UP Office of the President together with the UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (CWGS) and UP constituent unit’s Gender and Development (GAD) offices conducted an online Gender Sensitivity Training (GST) session for its respective campuses. 

The training session was held online via video conference on April 7 and was attended by over 90 participants. 

“Being resilient doesn’t mean ignoring the roots of vulnerabilities. It is the goal of resilience to improve disaster mitigation. The term must not be demonized,” says Academician Alfredo Mahar Lagmay, NRCP Member of the NRCP Earth and Space Sciences Division, and Professor at the UP National Institute of Geological Studies, during the Session “Securing the Country from Disasters and Climate Change Impacts” of the Annual Scientific Conference and 88th General Membership Assembly of NRCP last March 10, 2021. His presentation is one of the five parallel sessions aptly chosen by NRCP in support of its conference theme “Pagbangon at Pananaig: National Recovery and Rebuilding.”