October is Indigenous Peoples’ Month in the Philippines. To mark this special occasion, Cartwheel Foundation (Philippines) and Cartwheel Foundation International invite you to:

Bayanihan sa Kalusugan seeks to engage with issues surrounding indigenous peoples’ (IP) health through a panel of speakers from the U.S. and the Philippines. The event offers a range of perspectives and experiences in tackling IP health in various fronts including the international, local, public, and private sectors.

Focus will be on the following themes:

International Perspectives:

U.S. Public Health and a Tribal Health System Model
Speaker: GABRIEL ROMANO VARGAS, ESQ.
Deputy General Counsel & Global Practice Leader for Health
Cartwheel Foundation International, Inc. (Virginia, U.S.A.)

Local Perspectives:

Overview of the National IP Health Policy
Speaker: RAY JUSTIN VENTURA
Chief Health Program Officer
Bureau of Local Health Systems and Development

Moving from the Top: Health governance and implementing IP-sensitive policies
Speaker: DR. PENELOPE DOMOGO
Provincial Health Officer, Mountain Province

Moving from the Ground: Community-level pathways to developing a context-sensitive health model
Speaker:  LORETA STA. TERESA
Director, Center for Community Extension Services
Ateneo de Zamboanga University

Moderator: MARIA TERESA GUIA-PADILLA
Executive Director, AnthroWatch

This exchange of perspectives will help enrich knowledge and views on global health standards vis-à-vis local nuances that make each health picture different from the next.  Audiences may also draw points of reflection from the contextual experiences of the speakers and take these into their own field of work.

Registration is FREE but to ensure a rich and intimate exchange at the event, we are keeping slots at a minimum.

Those who would like to reserve a slot may do so by filling out the confirmation slip on or before October 20, 2017 and email to events@cartwheelfoundation.org. Click this link to download the said form: Bayanihan sa Kalusugan Confirmation Form. For inquiries, please contact Rainey Dolatre at (02)584-1532.

We look forward to celebrating IP Month with you at Bayanihan sa Kalusugan!