NATIONAL ACTIVITY

 

As part of NHFPI humanitarian activity, we have a capacity  to upgrade or uphold the complementary and alternative medicine, NHFPI carries out conference, awareness seminar, free livelihood skills training, in-house training, workshop, outreach activity, medical and dental mission, awards and recognition, symposia on local, regional and national levels in line with alternative health care delivery system. Most of the government agencies, LGU, NGO, and private institutions avail our humanitarian services in support with the Department of Health and Department of Tourism campaign program on Medical Tourism " Preventing Disease, Promoting Peace, Wellness and Healthy Lifestyle". The community based program provided with our group is to promote natural healing thru acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping therapy, acupressure, tuina chinese massage,  reflexology, chiropractic therapy,  osteopathy, dorm method therapy, shiatsu therapy, sports massage, sports tapping,  deep tissue massage, neuromascular therapy, trigger point therapy, aromatherapy, spa therapy, thai traditional massage, swedish massage, filipino hilot wellness massage, remedial massage, iridology, sclerology, naturopathy, herbology, oriental nutrition and other manipulative therapy in line with Section 19 of the Republic Act No. 8423 ( " The Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act of 1997- TAMA).

 

PHILOSOPHy:

 

The Natural Health Foundation of the Philippines committed to provide high quality world class wellness training on natural health, science, education, research and conduct continuing education, and to upgrade the standard of complementary and alternative medicine for  high level of competencies. NHFPI seek to enhance the volunteers and alternative health care practitioners to their therapeutic skills and training methodology in the arts of natural healing and other allied services that complements to mainstream medicine

 

MISSION:

 

Our mission is to educate the public and create media awareness through National News Paper, facebook , twitter, health journals  on the importance of traditional, natural. spiritual and complementary medicine that are safe, proven, cost effective, and consistent with government standards on health care practice and advocates a theory of comprehensive human development that is linked to its vision of Peace, Safety Wellness and Healthy Lifestyle, seek to enhance skills training in order to uphold the professional practice of complementary and alternative medicine towards the development of Medical and Wellness Tourism in the country.

 

VISION:

 

The Natural Health Foundation of the Philippines Inc. envision the total wellness and development of self directed and responsible professional, capable of functioning effectively in any setting in the field of natural and traditional medicine, science, education and research, that shall contribute towards the attainment of national and global unity between western and oriental medicine for better health, peace and progress. Also NHFPI has worked to increase media awareness for public health in the promotion of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine and engaged in community based-voluntary health services for the achievement of novel profession and create job opportunities for the sustainable community development

 

OBJECTIVES;

 

1. To provide quality world class training , wellness services  and develop educational program in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).

2. To promulgate and enforce ethical standard, rules and regulation, policies and guidelines of the organization/institution.

3. To provide information for the advancement of science, technology, ethics and arts on alternative health care through seminar, meetings, lecture, publication and other related materials.   

                                                      

4. To organize livelihood activity, awareness seminar, workshop, in-house training, outreach program, medical and dental mission , humanitarian services, research work, upgrade and develop continuing education for allied health professionals, health workers, students, researchers, professors, pastors, doctors and extension workers in the field of complementary and alternative medicine practices under RA 8423 and PD 856.       

                                                               

5. To provide scholarship to those interested in traditional, natural, holistic, complementary and alternative medicine.    

                                                                                                                                        

6. To establish institutions, academy, training center, wellness center, health spa, oriental hospitals and clinical resources that all shall facilitate quality technical and educational learning skills programs.  

                      

7. To facilitate cooperation and understanding among alternative medical practitioners and other allied medical health profession, hospital services, companies, private and government institutions, LGU, NGO, local and international manufacturer/ industry and other agencies that interested in traditional, natural , holistic, complementary and alternative medicine.

8. To promotes and advocates of Peace, Safety, Unity, Wellness and Healthy Lifestyle through the use of traditional, complementary , alternative & integrative health care modalities that have been proven, safe , cost effective and consistent with government standard on health care practices.

9. To professionalized, standardized and uplift the practice of complementary and alternative health care practice into high level of performance and quality world class services which adjunct to national and global competitive standards.

 

10. To accept  grants, solicit or ask donation to support the project of the humanitarian activity of the organization/ foundation.

 

11. To coordinate and promotes linkages  activity  to different  organization, society, association, foundation and federation in which the group involves in the integration of Complementary and Alternative Medicine to the Western Medicine both local and international health agencies.

 

12. To create public awareness for the use of natural, traditional, holistic and spiritual medicine into scientific approach that can be use to the integration of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the national curriculum both College and Universities.

 

NATIONAL AWARDS:

 

1,   "The Natural Health Foundation of the Philippines received the "2006 National Anvil Awards for Merit for the
Institutional and Corporate Program in the category of Consumers Protection and Welfare" during the 41st National Anvil Awards of the Public Relation Society of the Philippines held at the Mabuhay Hall of the Manila Hotel on April 7,  2006 cited by former Senator Heherson Alvarez-Chairman of the Board of Judges of the Anvil Awards. Published in  the national newspaper the" Manila Bulletin on April 24, 2006 and the Daily Tribune on April 23, 2006".

 

2. "The Natural Health Foundation of the Philippines Inc. received the national awards as "2006 Outstanding Alternative Medicine Organization" in promoting humanitarian services on  Health, Wellness and Healthy Lifestyle, received from the National Consumers Affairs Foundation during the 23rd National Consumers Quality and Peoples Choice Awards cited by Gov. Justo Ortis and Jonathan Navea-Chairman of NCAF on September 23, 2005. Published in the National Newspaper  the " Philippine Star on October 16, 2006 and the Manila Bulletin on October 18, 2006".

 

NATIONAL EVENTS: ( Sea Games )

 

The Natural Health Foundation of the Philippines together with the volunteers of Sports Massage Therapist promotethe effectiveness of Sport Massage Therapy to Team -Philippines Athletes during the 23rd South East Asian Games ( SEA GAMES ) held at Manila on November 27- December 5, 2005.      

                                                                                                                                                                                              INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES:

 

The Natural Health Foundation of the Philippines headed by Dr. Ronnie A. Royo N.D. represent the International Training on Korean Oriental Medicine and Indigenous Medical Science held at Korean Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM) Seoul, South Korea on July 8-22, 2004 organized by Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) of the Philippine government.