Virgilio Castillo

From clinics to pharmacies, YAKAP reshapes how care is delivered—closing gaps, restoring trust, and making prevention part of everyday life. By the time PhilHealth began speaking more openly about prevention, much of the groundwork had already been laid. Institutional discipline had been tightened. Provider relationships had begun to...

As PhilHealth recalibrates its role under universal health care, leadership and culture converge to make prevention practical, accessible, and trusted. Universal health care has long been framed as a matter of access and financing—who gets covered, what services are included, and how much protection citizens receive against catastrophic...

As PhilHealth recalibrates its role under UHC, its physician-leader rethinks how systems shape outcomes. Before “yakap” ever became part of a national health lexicon, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) was already navigating one of the most consequential inflection points in its three-decade history.  At the helm was Dr....