Division Chief
Taguig City
Philippines
Dr. Jan Aura Laurelle Llevado is the Chief of the Cancer Control and Mental Health Divisions in the Department of Health. She leads the Secretariat of the National Integrated Cancer Control Council and the Philippine Council for Mental Health.
Her career in public health started when she served as a doctor to the Barrio in a far-flung island municipality in the Philippines...
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Environmental Health Specialist
Manila
Philippines
Dr. Geminn Louis “Gelo” Apostol is a Filipino physician, educator, and researcher specializing in environmental public health, climate-resilient health systems, and socio-ecological determinants of health. He currently leads the Head of the Environmental Health Program of the Ateneo de Manila University School of Medicine and Public Health (ASMPH) where he and his team generate landmark evidence on the impact of environmental pollution and climate change on health outcomes...
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Chief Health Program Officer
Muntinlupa
Philippines
Lindsley Jeremiah Villarante has ten years of health policy development experience in the national setting. He is currently the Chief of the Performance Monitoring and Strategy Management Division of the Philippines Department of Health’s Health Policy Development and Planning Bureau...
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Director for Policy and Planning
Quezon City
Philippines
As Director for Policy and Planning of the Disease Prevention and Control Bureau in the Philippine Department of Health, Dr. Razel Nikka Hao leads in the technical oversight over COVID-19 and vaccination program policies and plans of the country, including development of systems integration standards for disease prevention and control for Universal Health Care...
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Municipal Health Officer
Gamay
Philippines
Dr. Deborrah Liao is a primary care physician working in the rural, remote area in the Visayas region in the Philippines. She implements public health programs and provides primary care, specially to communities living in geographically-isolated parts of the region. Now that the Universal Health Care Law is being fully implemented in the country, she endeavors to improve provision of health services in the community in order to have better health outcomes with a healthier and more resilient community.
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Physician & Mental Health Advocate
Manila
Philippines
Ginger Ramirez is a public health physician from the Philippines who works on health systems strengthening and policy development for mental health, with a specific interest in suicide prevention and bridging health inequities. In the past year, she’s had several consultancies with the World Health Organization Philippines on school-based suicide prevention interventions, suicide surveillance and mental health information systems...
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