Philippines

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Advancing women’s and children’s health through innovation, equity, and system strengthening since 1980.

Selected Achievements

  • Jhpiego reduced maternal mortality in Sorsogon health facilities by developing shared quality improvement goals, strengthening referral networks across 18 facilities, and building emergency response and data use capacity.

  • Through the HPV Vaccination Acceleration Program Partners Initiative, Jhpiego supported the resumption of school-based vaccination, expanding HPV vaccine access and improving delivery through global and national partnerships.

  • Through the SHE project, which advanced sexual and reproductive health and gender-responsive services in underserved regions, Jhpiego reached 6,800 women and more than 1,000 community members, trained more than 700 service providers in gender-responsive care, and refurbished 62 adolescent-friendly health facilities.

Our Projects

Integrating Action for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Cervical Cancer Prevention, Mental Health, and Climate Resilience 

The Building Resilient and Aware Voices for Empowerment (BRAVE) project is a one-year, multisectoral initiative implemented by Jhpiego and supported by Olivia Rodrigo’s Fund 4 Good. The project aims to integrate cervical cancer prevention, adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), mental health, and climate resilience in vulnerable areas of the Philippines, with a focus on youth empowerment, community health equity, and systems sustainability. The project operates through three interlinked components:

  • Empowering youth leaders through sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), mental health, and climate education.

  • Advancing health equity for women and youth in flood-affected urban communities.

  • Accelerating cervical cancer elimination using digital infrastructure and improved referral systems, including a digital registry, integration with electronic health records (EHRs), and short message service (SMS)-based reminder platforms to improve screening, treatment, and patient navigation.

Scaling Up Cervical Cancer Elimination

The Scale Up Cervical Cancer Elimination with Secondary Prevention Strategy (SUCCESS) Project promotes WHO-aligned cervical cancer screening and builds on government partnerships for sustainable services.

  • Backed by Unitaid, Boeing, and Roche, this global project is designed to transition countries from a largely opportunistic cervical cancer screening model to a systematic approach. Jhpiego and the Department of Health incorporate innovations such as HPV testing with self-collection, efficient treatment methods like thermal ablation, and enhanced information dissemination on cervical cancer and prevention technologies.

  • Over 45,000 women in the Philippines have accessed life-saving cervical cancer screening and treatment services.

Expanding Access to HPV DNA Screening

The Centralized Laboratory Model for HPV Screening (CLAMS) Project expands access to HPV DNA screening in urban areas through centralized lab processing.

  • The CLAMS Project builds on progress made by the SUCCESS Project in increasing access to optimal early diagnosis and treatment technology, specifically HPV screening and thermal ablation.

  • More than 5,100 women have accessed high-tech HPV DNA screening across urban Metro Manila.

  • With support from Roche, the project conducts comprehensive free screenings using the latest HPV DNA technology through self-collection, aiming to simplify cervical cancer screening for women.

  • The project seeks to support demand generation and awareness activities for cervical cancer preventive services in the cities of Manila, Navotas, Quezon City, Taguig and Muntinlupa through direct support for health education and promotion initiatives.

Strengthening Immunization Capacity

The “Gabay Bakuna” Consequential Immunization Geographies Initiative Project aims to improve access to routine vaccines for infants and children, enhance surveillance and response to vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs), and strengthen health systems and the health workforce.

  • The Philippines, the fifth-largest contributor to the 18 million zero-dose children globally, has experienced repeated VPD outbreaks over the past decade highlighting the urgent need to support the Department of Health and adopt a system-wide approach to strengthening immunization and surveillance programs.

  • The project seeks to help the government fulfill its commitment to improving immunization program capacity by introducing innovative, evidence-based approaches tailored to the devolved health system. These strategies support the Department of Health and prioritized local government units in preventing and detecting VPDs, responding to outbreaks, and sustaining progress.

  • Funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the project aims to reduce the number of zero-dose children, increase coverage of life-course vaccines, minimize outbreak frequency, and build resilient, sustainable health systems in the Philippines.

Country Director

Ingrid R. Magnata, MD, MPH, MDM

Country Program Manager
"We are committed to building health systems that center women, youth, and equity because no one should be left behind."
— Ingrid Magnata, Country Program Manager for Jhpiego Philippines