Health

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.

One Health Forum 2025 Unites Sectors to Tackle Health and Climate Challenges

One Health Forum 2025 Unites Sectors to Tackle Health and Climate Challenges

Jul 31, 2025 | ,

๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ดโ€™ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ 2025 ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ-๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด-๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ...

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Private Sector Leaders Highlight Shared Value in Advancing One Health Approach

Private Sector Leaders Highlight Shared Value in Advancing One Health Approach

Jul 31, 2025 | ,

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ...

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Experts Urge Greater Private Sector Engagement in Advancing One Health in the Philippines

Experts Urge Greater Private Sector Engagement in Advancing One Health in the Philippines

Jul 30, 2025 | ,

๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜บ. Moderated by Dr. Carlo Panelo, the Vice President of Culion...

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Health Secretary Herbosa Advocates Stronger One Health Framework for National Resilience

Health Secretary Herbosa Advocates Stronger One Health Framework for National Resilience

Jul 29, 2025 | ,

๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ. ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜‹๐˜ณ. ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅโ€ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ข, ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ...

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CFI Marks Milestone: 555,555 Lives Reached in TB Fight Through Active Case Finding

CFI Marks Milestone: 555,555 Lives Reached in TB Fight Through Active Case Finding

Jul 7, 2025 | ,

Culion Foundation Inc. (CFI) celebrated a major public health milestone on June 24, 2025, as it honored its 555,555th participant under the Tuberculosis Active Case Finding (TB-ACF) initiative. The event, titled โ€œ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ก๐™› ๐™– ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™โ€, was held at Manresa...

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CFI Showcases Leprosy Awareness and Legacy at DOH-Tondo Medical Centerโ€™s 1st Post-Graduate Course on Skin Health

CFI Showcases Leprosy Awareness and Legacy at DOH-Tondo Medical Centerโ€™s 1st Post-Graduate Course on Skin Health

Jul 4, 2025 | ,

On May 29, 2025, Culion Foundation Inc. (CFI) participated in the ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜-๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต hosted by DOH-Tondo Medical Center by setting up an engaging I๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต. We are deeply honored to be included in this meaningful educational...

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Strengthening TB Response Through Community Collaboration

Strengthening TB Response Through Community Collaboration

Jun 19, 2025 | , ,

๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—• Our fight against tuberculosis is made stronger through the collective efforts of local government units, barangay health workers, and dedicated community volunteers who bring essential health services to the heart of every community. Together,...

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CFI Supports PuroKalusugan Program Launch in Manito, Albay

CFI Supports PuroKalusugan Program Launch in Manito, Albay

Jun 18, 2025 | , ,

๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†! In partnership with the Municipal Health Office of Manito and the Barangay Council of Pawa, CFI assisted in the launching of the PuroKalusugan Program in Manito, Albay on May 6, 2025. PuroKalusugan, a flagship initiative...

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