Assoc. Prof. Dr. Victor Marco Emmanuel N. Ferriols from the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS), UP Visayas was a recipient of the 2024 Idlab Merit Awards by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Region VI.
A total of 46 health leaders from 17 local government units in Western Visayas completed the Municipal Leadership and Governance Program (MLGP) Cycle 4 – Module 3 Training in two batches. This is the 4th iteration of the Health Leadership and Governance Program in Western Visayas, which started in 2014. It is anchored on the Health Change Model of the Zuellig Family Foundation (ZFF). It is an eighteen-month, three module leadership initiative for municipal/city health leaders grounded in the principles of Bridging Leadership framework. The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV), in partnership with the UPV Foundation, Inc. (UPVFI), is the academic partner of the Department of Health (DOH) Center for Health Development – Western Visayas in the region trained to implement the program.