๐๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ดโ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ 2025 ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ-๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด-๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
Organized by Culion Foundation, Inc. and Corus International, and supported by the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), League of Corporate Foundations, and Makati Business Club, the forum spotlighted the One Health approach, a framework recognizing the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health.
Held at I’M Hotel in Makati on last 16th of July, the event brought together key players from sectors including health, agriculture, biodiversity, telecommunications, and academia. The forum featured a keynote by Health Secretary Dr. Teodoro Herbosa, who emphasized the urgency of institutionalizing One Health, considering climate-sensitive diseases, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and pandemic threats.
Recent data placing the Philippines at the top of the 2024 World Risk Index underscored the forumโs timeliness. Increases in leptospirosis, dengue, and food insecurity, exacerbated by climate disasters like Typhoon Aghon, have strained communities and revealed gaps in existing systems.
Two-panel discussions explored both national risks and private sector roles. Speakers from the Department of Health, ADB, WHO, MSD, PLDT-Smart, Ateneo, and PBSP shared perspectives on integrated strategies, investments in digital and green infrastructure, workforce training, and research. Table discussions enabled participants to map out practical pathways for collaboration.
The forum concluded with a call to action from CFI Executive Director Eugenio M. Caccam, Jr., urging stakeholders to embrace the One Health framework as a national priority. He and other leaders stressed the need to move from siloed initiatives to shared value creation, anchored in coordination, collaboration, commitment, and co-ownership.
As the Philippines faces converging threatsโfrom climate change to disease outbreaksโthe forum served as a platform to transform shared risks into shared solutions, laying the groundwork for more resilient and inclusive health systems.
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