12 PH Medical Schools Unite Under Mapúa-Led ‘LAKAS’ Initiative to Train Community-First Doctors for Universal Health Care

In a major push to align medical education with the country’s rural and primary healthcare needs, the Mapúa University School of Medicine has officially launched LAKAS (Leading Alliances for Knowledge Advancement and Social Accountability). The pioneering national initiative unites 12 medical schools from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao to transform how future Filipino physicians are trained. […]