Consultative Meeting of the Bulacan JAPOHR Project

A consultative Meeting was held last September 24, 2019 in the Provincial Province of Bulacan.  The event took place in the Hiyas ng Bulacan Convention Center at Mariano ponce Hall.

Representatives from the Provincial Governor and Vice Governor were present to support the event. This event is a good chance to gather all the municipalities representatives from the Municipal Health Office and the Provincial Veterinary Office where the project activities will take place.  Everyone is positive with the project presentation.  They are all willing to support.

    The attendees listening attentively with all the speakers.

Welcome remarks from the Office of the Vice Governor by Rep. Cris Roque.

Inspirational Message from the Office of the Governor delivered by Dr. Jocelyn Gomez of MHO.

Ms. Annie Balingit of MHO, Bulacan presented the participants. and presented the situation of rabies in Bulacan from the human sector.

Dr. Voltaire reporting the rabies situation in Bulacan from the perspective of animal sector.

Dr. beatriz Quiambao on the brief background of the JAPOHR project.

Dr. Saito discussing more of the JAPOHR project and the Rabies Data Share System.

MOA explained by Mr. Koji Shimokawa.

JAPOHR JAPAN meeting in Fukuoka

On August 26th, JAPOHR's ​​Japanese researchers gathered in Fukuoka to discuss the progress of the research so far and discuss future plans.

Participants were able to have beneficial discussions.
In particular,  we could share information and future actions of the One Health approach, which is the main theme of this project.

It was the first time to gather all the Japanese members related to this project. Therefore, I felt we need to have such meetings regularly.

We would like to express our gratitude to all concerned.

 Back row: Dr. Mariko Obata-Saito, Dr. Satoshi Inoue, Dr. Kentaro Yamada, Dr. Nobuo Saito, Dr. Kazunori Kimitsuki

Front row: Dr. Chun-Ho Park, Dr. Akira Nishizono, Dr. Motoi Suzuki

 Dr. Nishizono explains an overview of the project

After meeting, we had a delicious dinner with a drink