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.
Local community engagement is vital in delivering high-quality, people-centered healthcare to establish resilient and inclusive systems for development. Engaging the community helps to develop initiatives and solutions relevant to the unique characteristics,...
CFI was named after Culion Island in Palawan, which historically was at one time the world's largest colony for persons affected by leprosy. The Foundation's earliest years were spent concentrating on leprosy management within the island community. With a...
CFI implements TB in the Workplace Project Culion Foundation, Inc. partnered with the Quezon City Health Department and Samahan ng mga Manggagawa at Manininda ng Kamuning (SaMMPalKa) to launch the Tuberculosis (TB) in the Workplace Project. With this partnership, the...
A Testimonial from Philippine Councilors League Laguna member Mary Grace Reodica CFI had the privilege of witnessing the firsthand cooperation of a dedicated councilor of Laguna in delivering a transformative impact of free TB screening. The initiative from Magdalena...
In the Philippines particularly in the National Capital Region, TB is a major public health burden that requires collaborative approaches and synergistic efforts from different players such as the Department of Health, Local Government Units (LGUs), City/Municipal...
Culion, situated in Palawan, Philippines, was designated as a leprosarium in the early 1900s, resulting in the segregation of leprosy patients and the label "Island of the Living Dead." Despite facing challenges like overcrowding and limited resources, efforts were...
Culion Foundation Inc., renowned for its unwavering commitment to combat tuberculosis (TB) and uplift vulnerable communities, led a transformative TB Active Case Finding (ACF) initiative in the town of San Pascual, Batangas on August 2, 2023. Guided by the...
Introduction: Culion Foundation, Inc. (CFI) continues its commitment to community empowerment with the successful rollout of the TB in the Workplace (TBWP) workshop at the Ramada by Wyndham Manila Central in Binondo, Manila, last December 1-2, 2022. Building on the...
Introduction: Culion Foundation, Inc. (CFI) continues to make strides in the fight against tuberculosis (TB) through active engagement in crucial sectoral meetings. On June 26, 2023, CFI, represented by its esteemed leaders - Mr. Eugene Caccam, Executive Director, Dr....
Culion Foundation Inc., convened last July 21, 2023 at Selah Pods Hotel, Pasay City. The meeting brought together Pasay City Health Office (CHO), Pasay City Cooperative Development Office (CDO), and identified cluster groups such as NMISA Multipurpose Cooperative,...