Global Health in the Philippines

Participating in the Philippines–Remote Island Medicine Internship with Child Family Health International (CFHI) has been personally transformative and eye-opening experience that surpassed my initial expectations. I’ve learned opportunities of studying abroad because of the fellowships I had in my community college. As a transfer student, I spotted a UC Davis flyer promoting the Philippines–Remote Island Medicine Internship in 2022 and envisioned it as a possible goal. At the end of 202...

I participated in Global Health in The Philippines Program. I traveled to Manila, Philippines, for one week and then was assigned to the remote island part of the program for three weeks. I was sent to a small island called Tingloy which had a population of 19,000 and was in the Batangas Province of Luzon. The first week when I was in Manila, the group I was traveling with and I were introduced to the rich culture of this country. We visited tourist spots like Rizal Park, the National Museum of ...

In February 2023, I attended a month-long CFHI program in the Philippines. My time in the Philippines was everything I had hoped for and more. I have been a part of global health trips in the past, but nothing to this extent. Using what I had learned from my previous trips, as well as thinking about my future career, I developed four goals for this program: to understand the Philippines health system (including both the pros and cons), gain some knowledge within maternal and reproductive health,...