The Philippines Help Desk Maria Aguiluz-Abunto, MD University of the East Ramon Magasaysay Memorial Medical Center Alumni University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Multidisciplinary Masters in Public Health Candidate

Building Research Methods Capacity in the Philippines and WHO WPRO Countries

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Very little statistical capacity in the Philippines and other WPRO countries Result 1 : Poor research design and analysis Result 2 : Limited scientific publication Problem:

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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela Improving access to research methods is a cost- effective means to improve science in South Asian countries, such as the Philippines. 38

Without education and liberty, which are the soil and the sun of man, no reform is possible, no measure can give the result desired. José Rizal (Indolence of the Filipinos - La Solidaridad) 39 Mabuhay!

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