Features on Pilipinos for Community Health

On March 5, 2020, Pilipinos for Community Health was featured in FEM Magazine for co-hosting Utakatawan -- an event that explored the intersection between mental health, physical health, and culture -- in partnership with Active Minds, a mental health advocacy group at UCLA. The collaboration was spearheaded in part by the 2019-2020 Preventive Health Directors, Katherine Chua, Nicolo Villasis, and Bryan Richard Lopez:

On Feb. 25th, Active Minds collaborated with Pilipinos for Community Health to put on an event called Utakatawan: Physical X Mental Health for Pilipinos, which aimed to look at the relationship between culture and mental health in the context of the Pilipino population. This event was part of the Student Wellness Commission’s (SWC) Health for Heritage week, which consisted of 11 of the 12 SWC committees partnering with cultural groups to put on events highlighting the intersections between different cultural communities and well-being. The collaboration between Active Minds and Pilipinos for Community Health resulted in an informative presentation on mental health and a panel discussion, along with traditional Pilipino food, dance, and choral performances. Towards the end of the event, tabling was done by other Pilipino and health-related organizations which allowed attendees to further learn about and discuss health and culture.

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On July 28, 2013, Pilipinos for Community Health was featured on UCLA's Daily Bruin for their first ever overseas medical outreach project.

After a 15-hour trip with some turbulence from a passing typhoon, Christi-Lynn del Rosario was overcome with emotion when her plane finally touched ground in the Philippines.
Rosario, a third-year molecular, cellular, and developmental biology student, landed in Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. Soon after, she hopped on another plane to a small province in the country to provide medical aid for more than 300 people.
She and the four other UCLA students who made the trip are members of the group Pilipinos for Community Health, a UCLA student group founded in 1989 that provides health care services including blood pressure screenings to communities in need locally and now, internationally...

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For their work abroad in PCH's first medical outreach project in the Philippines, members Ingrid Biso and Victoria Mercado were featured in the UCLA Volunteer Center's Summer of Service. 

The UCLA Volunteer Center has reached out to Bruins who served this summer and asked them to write about their experiences. Read about their experiences, learn facts about the areas they visited, and get involved with their organizations. These Bruins exemplify the passion, commitment, and dedication to service that UCLA is known for.

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