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National Capital Region
  1. Tuazon Community Center Foundation, Inc. – Marikina
  2. Institute for Social Action, Miriam College
  3. Rural Missionaries of the Philippines
  4. Parañaque Development Foundation, Inc. (PDFI)
  5. Feed the Children- Parañaque
  6. CANOSSA Health and Social Center – Tondo
  7. Community Medicine Development Foundation, Inc. (COMMED)
Luzon
  1. Community Health Education, Services and Training in the Cordillera Region (CHESTCORE)
  2. Community Based Health Development Program –(CBHDP-Isabela)
  3. SARANAY, Isabela
  4. CBHP-Nueva Ecija
  5. Center for Environment and Development Services (CEDS) in Bulacan
  6. San Jose Diocesan CBHP, Nueva Ecija (Canossa)
  7. CBHP-Central Luzon
  8. CBHP-Boso-Boso, Antipolo
  9. Programa sa Pag-oorganisa sa Pangkalusugan sa Rizal (POPSIR)
  10. AUSCULTA – Ambagan Udyok ng Sandiwaan ng mga Congregasyon may Ugnayan Lingkod sa Taong Aba (AOR: Southern Tagalog)
  11. Bukluran (Palawan)
  12. Pangkalusugang Samahan ng Magsasaka ng Kanlurang Mindoro (PASAMA-KAMI)
  13. Samahang Pantribu ng mga Mangyan sa Mindoro (SPMM)
  14. CANOSSA Health and Social Center, Silang, Cavite
  15. Caysasay Development Center, Batangas
  16. USWAG-P.O.
  17. Tabang sa mga Biktima sa Bicol (TABI), Naga
  18. SIPAG-KO, San Benito, Legaspi City
Visayas
  1. MAKAPAWA
  2. Leyte Community Development Center (LCDE)
  3. Health Empowerment and Action in Leyte and Samar (HEALS)
  4. Visayas Primary Health Care Services, Cebu-Bohol
  5. Health Education and Services f or the Less Privileged (HELP-Panay)
  6. Negros Island Health Integrated Program(NIHIP)
  7. Franciscan Mountain Clinics, Negros Oriental
  8. Katilingbanon nga Programa ha Panlawas han Samar (KAPPS)
Mindanao
  1. Community-Based Health Services Association (CBHSA)
  2. Community Based Health Services – NMR Inc.
  3. CBHP-Butuan
  4. CBHP-Tandag
  5. Health Services for Community Development
  6. Religious of the Good Shepherd – TFM Health Program
  7. Missionary Sisters of Mary-Alternative Health Program
  8. Urban Integrated Health Services (UIHS)
  9. KAABAY
  10. Brokenshire Integrated Health Ministries, Community Health and Dental Center
  11. Community Primary Health Care –SOCSKSARGENDS
  12. Zamboanga Peninsula Health Extension Program (ZPHEP)
  13. CBHP-Zamboanga del Norte
  14. CBHP-Zamboanga del Sur
  15. CBHS- Misamis Occidental
  16. Ipil Prelature, Zamboanga del Sur

Gone Too Soon

By: Eleanor A Jara
Executive Director
Council for Health and Development

Posted: November 20, 2010
He did not chase fame or glory for his works so that he could cut a name above the rest. His ardor for studying plants was fueled by a burning passion to contribute to the conservation of the environment. He is Leonard Co, a people’s scientist whose life was cut short in an alleged "crossfire" between the military and NPA on November 15, 2010.

Leonard’s legacy to us is his passion and dedication for his work with which he authored books on indigenous plants in the Cordilleras. The book “Common Medicinal Plants in the Cordillera Region: A Trainor’s Manual for Community-Based Health Programs” served as an invaluable reference to Community Health Workers not only in the Cordillera but to more than 50 community-based health programs (CBHP) across the country. His works paved the way for the documentation of medicinal plants in areas where CBHPs are present. Despite his many commitments, he agreed to be a consultant on a medicinal plants documentation project with the Council for Health and Development (CHD) and a UP-based research group in 2008 -- proof that community-based health programs always have a special place in his heart.

We are saddened and angered by this loss. The entire community-based health programs in the Philippines vow to keep vigil until justice is served for Leonard. An impartial and independent investigation of this case must be undertaken to shed light on the truth and answer many questions. We will not rest until the perpetrators of this crime are punished. We call on President Aquino to ensure that no whitewash of the case shall ever happen and that justice be served the soonest. We challenge the new administration to put an end to the culture of impunity.