CFI champions a One Health approach, recognizing that human health, animal health, and ecosystem health are fundamentally interconnected. Our work addresses infectious diseases while tackling the environmental and social factors that shape community wellbeing.
Over the past decade, we’ve screened over half a million vulnerable Filipinos for tuberculosis and implemented community-based TB elimination strategies, earning the prestigious DOST Gelia Castillo Award for Social Innovations. Our pioneering leprosy research with RITM, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Leonard Wood Memorial, and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta proved that subclinical intervention is possible, transforming treatment strategies.
We shape policy, not just provide care. Our expertise informed DOH programs on neglected tropical diseases and the development of TB and Leprosy Clinical Practice Guidelines. We orchestrated the 20th International Leprosy Conference in 2018 with WHO and DOH, and continue active case finding and contact tracing initiatives.
Since 2015, our maternal and child health programs have strengthened families through feeding initiatives, vitamin supplementation, and midwife capacity building, ensuring the next generation thrives.
The Culion Foundationโs ACF Bicol Team continues to serve the people of Albay and Camarines Sur with free chest x-rays. This activity centres on particular groups that have a greater prevalence of tuberculosis (TB), such as elderly people, people in congregate areas,...
Culion Foundation, Inc. (CFI), in strong partnership with the Mandaluyong City Health Office and DSWD NCR - Jose Fabella Centerโand with the unwavering support of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP)โsuccessfully conducted a free chest X-ray screening...
In the quiet barangay of San Isidro, nestled in Rodriguez, Rizal, the threat of tuberculosis (TB) is not just a health concern but also a social challenge. The remote location, limited access to quality health services, and persistent stigma and discrimination surrounding the disease make the area a difficult battleground for TB control and elimination. In this setting, two women, Mary Jane Sugi and Nieva Odad, have emerged as unlikely but powerful forces for change.
In its ongoing effort to enhance the early detection of tuberculosis (TB), the Culion Foundation, Inc. has expanded its Active Case Finding (ACF) activities to include the Tuberculin Skin Test (TST). This trusted diagnostic method further strengthens its reach in the...
The Culion Foundation, Inc.'s Active Case Finding (ACF) team remains unwavering in its commitment to combating tuberculosis, despite adverse weather conditions. The team demonstrated their unwavering commitment to public health by carrying out TB screening operations...
Last June 10, 2025, Culion Foundation, Inc. (CFI), in collaboration with Ritemed and the QCHD - National Tuberculosis Program, launched a new initiative to strengthen TB detection by introducing the Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) as another form of TB testing...
NOW HAPPENING: 2nd Batch of Contact Investigation-TB Preventive Treatment (CI-TPT) Training in Tacloban, Leyte! This training is being conducted by Culion Foundation, Inc. (CFI) and DOH CHD Region 8. From August 5 to 8, 23 doctors and 2 DOH regional staff gather to...
๐ค๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ As Culion Foundation Inc. (CFI) ACF Team 4A commenced its Quarter 3 TB Active Case Finding (ACF) activities, the team began at the Barangay Health Station in Sunny Brooke II, Brgy. San Francisco, General Trias City,...
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ As we reflect on this yearโs Active Case Finding (ACF) efforts in the Bicol Region, Culion Foundation, Inc. (CFI) continues to lead the way in improving community health. On June 9, 2025, CFI once again stood alongside PuroKalusugan...
๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ: ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ In a continued effort to combat tuberculosis (TB) at the community level, a Capacity-Building Workshop on Contact Investigation (CI) and TB Preventive Treatment...