Dr. Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III, a Filipino medical doctor, was conferred two international health research awards in Europe in recognition of his research work during the 11th Conference of International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) in Budapest, Hungary from May 24-28, 2009. His research concentrated on the health and welfare of seafarers. He also received medals for his studies presented at the First International Congress of Maritime, Tropical and Hyperbaric Medicine at Gdynia, Poland held on June 4-6, 2009.
Titles of his studies presented in Hungary are: “International Seafarers as Patients: Towards a Model of an Effective Global Health System,” and “Global Seafarers: Why Risky to STIs (Sexually transmitted Infections) and HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) When They Work and Travel” while the studies he presented in Poland are entitled, “An Analysis of the AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) Epidemic in the Maritime Industry,” and “The Anatomy of Stress: the Filipino Seafarer and
Prisno is working on his PhD degree at the Cardiff University in Wales.
From a report of MADEL R. SABATER
Manila Bulletin
