TBpeople with the Philippine Country Coordinating Mechanism (PCCM) Team pays a visit to Region 9 Zamboanga City Health Facilities

From April 25 to 28, TBpeople with the Philippine Country Coordinating Mechanism (PCCM) Team pays a visit to Region 9 Zamboanga City Health Facilities for the TB-HIV activity. We met their City Health Officer and the Mayor, Hon. John Dalipe. We address a number of concerns, including ways to improve healthcare services for the public and create a patient support group in the city for TB-HIV key communities that have been affected.

We’d like to thank the following people that we met in Zamboanga.

Afdal Kunting, MD
Medical Center Chief II
Zamboanga City Medical Center

Marcelino Medina, MD
ZCMC PMDT Physician

This activity is supported by TB Alliance and Stop TB Partnership Challenge Facility for Civil Society (CFCS) Round 10

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Luisito Tay

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April 28, 2023

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