Dr Manuel M. Dayrit will talk about his passion for improving health care in the Philippines, particularly for poor people in rural, remote, and underserved communities.

Dr Manuel M. Dayrit served as Secretary of Health of the Philippines (2001-2005). He dedicated his life to improving health care in the Philippines. First as a young community physician in rural Mindanao and later as disease control specialist and Director of Health Promotion at the Philippine's Department of Health. He held senior roles at the WHO. As Director of the Department of Human Resources for Health at WHO, he helped create the WHO Code for the International Recruitment of Health Personel in 2010. He is now Dean of the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health in Manila where he leads a faculty dedicated to forming physician-leaders for the country.

Dr Dayrit and Professor Andrew Hassell (Head of Keele's School of Medicine) are Principal Investigators of the Newton-funded iPRIME study. Dr Dayrit is also Co-Investigator of SOLACE, a research project bringing together UK-based and Philippines based researchers from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds. SOLACE is led by Dr Lisa Dikomitis.

Refreshments will be available in the Great Hall, adjacent to the Salvin Room from 5.30pm onwards.

This lecture is free and all are welcome to attend.

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