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๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ! ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’กMetaHealth proudly congratulates Dr. Zypher Regencia on his appoin...
21/10/2025

๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ! ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’ก

MetaHealth proudly congratulates Dr. Zypher Regencia on his appointment to the Editorial Board of Discover Public Health Journal (Springer Nature)! ๐Ÿ‘

Dr. Regenciaโ€™s continued contributions to advancing health systems research, implementation science, and evidence-based policy reflect the very core of MetaHealthโ€™s missionโ€”to bridge research and real-world impact.

Weโ€™re honored to celebrate this well-deserved recognition and the leadership it represents in shaping the future of public health.

๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ: ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐“๐ ๐“๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ŸŽ‰ Weโ€™re proud to share that our CEO and Senior Principal, Dr. Jason Alacap...
07/10/2025

๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ: ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐“๐ ๐“๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

๐ŸŽ‰ Weโ€™re proud to share that our CEO and Senior Principal,
Dr. Jason Alacapa, is the lead author of a newly published study in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance.

Part of the KNCV TB Plus ASCENT study funded by UNITAID (digitaladherence.org), this research explores how digital adherence technologiesโ€”such as smart pillboxes and SMS remindersโ€”can strengthen TB treatment across five countries. ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’Š

Congratulations to Jason and the entire study team on this important contribution to advancing digital health solutions!

๐Ÿ”— Read the full study: https://publichealth.jmir.org/2025/1/e62881

On 23 September 2025, the metaHealth team met with stakeholders in the Zamboanga Peninsula to coordinate Phase 2 of the ...
03/10/2025

On 23 September 2025, the metaHealth team met with stakeholders in the Zamboanga Peninsula to coordinate Phase 2 of the Measuring Inequity in Health Financing project.

The meeting was attended by Dr. Augusto Alpichi, Assistant Regional Director, together with representatives from DOH-CHD IX, Zamboanga City Health Office, PhilHealth Regional Office IX, Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Health Office, Dipolog City Health Office, and the Pres. Manuel A. Roxas Municipal Health Office.

Discussions focused on the fieldwork plan, roles and responsibilities, and the overall timeline of activities to ensure inclusive and evidence-based health financing.

On September 19, 2025, ISPOR Philippines gathered key stakeholders for a focused discussion on  โ€œ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ...
30/09/2025

On September 19, 2025, ISPOR Philippines gathered key stakeholders for a focused discussion on โ€œ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐“๐€ ๐“๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ.โ€

The dialogue underscored the importance of a transparent and inclusive HTA topic nomination process to strengthen evidence-based healthcare decisions that respond to national priorities.

We thank the following organizations for their active participation:
* ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต (๐——๐—ข๐—›)
* ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜‚ (๐——๐—ฃ๐—–๐—•)
-๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—˜๐—š๐—ฆ๐—ง๐——)
-๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป
* ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—ฃ๐——)
* ๐——๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ (๐—›๐—ง๐—”) ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ง๐—” ๐——๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป
* ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ)
* ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐—ฃ๐—›๐—”๐—ฃ)
* ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐—›๐—ง๐—”๐—ฃ)
* ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ (๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ข)
* ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—œ๐—น๐—น๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—–๐—œ)
* ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐—ฃ๐—›๐—”๐—ฃ๐—œ)
* ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ
* ๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜†
* ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ.
* ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ.
* ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜†

Together, we continue advancing the dialogue on strengthening HTA processes and building a more evidence-driven healthcare system for the Philippines.

The activity was facilitated by metaHealth, secretariat of ISPOR Philippines.

Dr. Jason Alacapa and Paul Delos Trinos represented MetaHealth at the 7th Annual National Convention of the Philippine S...
27/09/2025

Dr. Jason Alacapa and Paul Delos Trinos represented MetaHealth at the 7th Annual National Convention of the Philippine Society of Public Health Physicians (PHCON 2025) last September 12โ€“13 at The Heritage Hotel, Pasay City.

This yearโ€™s theme, โ€œHibla at Habi: Weaving a Responsive Health System,โ€ highlighted the importance of collective action in building a stronger and more resilient healthcare system for all Filipinos.

Dr. Jason serves as Board of Trustee Member & Business Development Committee Head, Paul as Technical & Policy Committee Head.

Weโ€™re grateful to have joined fellow public health leaders, practitioners, and advocates in advancing innovations and policies that strengthen the countryโ€™s healthcare fabric.

๐Ÿ”— Learn more: http://phcon2025.psphp.org

3rd Site Monitoring Visit with the St. Luke's Medical Center โ€“ HERE Foundation๐Ÿ“… September 16, 2025Weโ€™re now in Phase 2, ...
22/09/2025

3rd Site Monitoring Visit with the St. Luke's Medical Center โ€“ HERE Foundation

๐Ÿ“… September 16, 2025

Weโ€™re now in Phase 2, where weโ€™ll conduct case studies on the use of equity-informative economic methods for selected health interventions in the Zamboanga region.

During this visit, we shared progress updates and aligned on preparations for our upcoming fieldwork in the next few months.

Exciting times ahead as we move closer to implementation! ๐Ÿš€


We were honored to take part in the Obesity Summit 2025: โ€œUnmasking Obesity โ€“ Myths, Realities, and the Path Forwardโ€ la...
20/09/2025

We were honored to take part in the Obesity Summit 2025: โ€œUnmasking Obesity โ€“ Myths, Realities, and the Path Forwardโ€ last September 8 at Quezon City Hall.

Together with Dr. Madeleine de Rosas-Valera, our very own Dr. John Paul Caesar delos Trinos joined the panel discussion on Understanding Obesity as a Disease (11:25โ€“11:55 AM)โ€”shedding light on the burden and cost of obesity and how data-driven solutions can support better health outcomes.

Thank you to the Quezon City Government and partners for leading this important conversation toward healthier communities. ๐Ÿ’ก๐Ÿค

๐๐‚ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  | ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ“metaHealth Insights and Innovations joined the Quezon City Health ...
18/09/2025

๐๐‚ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  | ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ“

metaHealth Insights and Innovations joined the Quezon City Health Department at Seda Vertis North to discuss the Epidemiological Burden and Cost of Obesity. Leading the QC delegation were Dr. Ramona Asuncion DG. Abarquez, MD, MPH, Officer-in-Charge / City Health Officer, and Jirah Asa M. Sideco, RND, DIH, Chief Nutritionist (Nutrition Section).

Dr. Madz Valera, Project Lead of EpiCOb PH, also attended alongside the metaHealth team. Robert Leong (Chief Data Officer & Principal) and Paul Delos Trinos (Chief Scientific Officer & Principal) led the presentations and discussions. EpiCOb PH operates with funding support from Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals (Philippines).

The meeting strengthened partnerships and championed data-driven decision-making for better health outcomes. ๐Ÿ’ก๐Ÿค

EEGH Site Meeting 6, the final session, was held last August 30! ๐ŸŽ‰metaHealth proudly organized this last site meeting fo...
15/09/2025

EEGH Site Meeting 6, the final session, was held last August 30! ๐ŸŽ‰

metaHealth proudly organized this last site meeting for the Economic Evaluation in Global Health Course (EEGH) ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ As the designated Philippine site for this University of Washington-led program, we continue to provide recaps of past modules and discussions tailored to the Philippine context.

A huge thank you to all participants who joined us throughout the course at the metaHealth siteโ€”we hope you gained valuable insights and learnings to carry forward in your work in global health. ๐Ÿ’กโœจ

๐Ÿ‘ Weโ€™re celebrating another milestone at metaHealth!๏ฟฝOur Sr. Consultant, Zypher Jude G. Regencia, has co-authored a new ...
09/09/2025

๐Ÿ‘ Weโ€™re celebrating another milestone at metaHealth!๏ฟฝOur Sr. Consultant, Zypher Jude G. Regencia, has co-authored a new publication in BMJ Open!

The study examines HIV testing preferences and the potential of oral HIV self-testing among MSM and transgender women in Greater Manilaโ€”vital research that contributes to stronger, more inclusive HIV prevention efforts in the Philippines.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Read more here: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095272

EEGH Site Meeting 5 was conducted last August 23, featuring Ms. Dana Bayani in our Expertโ€™s Spotlight. metaHealth proudl...
05/09/2025

EEGH Site Meeting 5 was conducted last August 23, featuring Ms. Dana Bayani in our Expertโ€™s Spotlight.

metaHealth proudly organized the fifth site meeting for the Economic Evaluation in Global Health Course! ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ As the designated Philippine site for this University of Washington-led program, we continue to provide recaps of past modules and discussions contextualized to the Philippine setting.

๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒWeโ€™re proud to share that Nicole, a valued member of the MetaHealth community, will be...
03/09/2025

๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

Weโ€™re proud to share that Nicole, a valued member of the MetaHealth community, will be taking a one-year study leave to pursue her Master of Public Health (MPH) at the National University of Singapore (NUS)โ€”on a full scholarship.

Nicoleโ€™s academic journey is marked by excellenceโ€”she recently graduated with a Master of Arts in Health Policy Studies (MAHPS) from the College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila.

NUS is recognized as #1 in Asia and #8 globally by the QS World University Rankings 2026. This next step reflects Nicoleโ€™s commitment to advancing public health and health systems strengthening, and we look forward to the expertise she will bring back to MetaHealth.

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