PROJECT PAGASA is a joint initiative of the Center for Human Rights and
Humanitarian Studies at the Watson Institute of Brown University, Project
HOPE, and Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation. This COVID-19 training engaged 90 Filipino health workers from across the country and trained them on core competencies, including biology and transmission mechanisms; infection prevention and control; contact tracing; screening and triage; diagnosis and management; stabilization and resuscitation; health facility operations and surge capacity; and risk communication and public health messaging. The training utilized the training-of-trainers model to quickly build a cadre of competent instructors who can teach the material to other health workers.

COVID-19 Training of Trainers (TOT) Program for Philippine Health Workers

Day 1 Training Session

(Modules 1 & 2)

Day 2 Training Session

(Modules 3 & 4)

Day 3 Training Session

(Modules 5 & 6)

Day 4 Training Session

(Modules 7 & 8)

Participating organizations included: Armed Forces of the Philippines; Department of Education; Philippine National Police; Philippine College of Surgeons (Cancer Commission); Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines; PNP General Hospital; Lung Center of the Philippines; East Avenue Medical Center; Ospital ng Makati; Philippine General Hospital; Quirino Memorial Medical Center; Philippine Heart Center; Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center; Quirino Memorial Medical Center; Philippine Children’s Medical Center; Manila Medical Center; AC Health; Qualimed Health Network; Diliman Doctors Hospital; UST Hospital; The Medical City; Makati Medical City Foundation; Makati Medical Center; Cardinal Santos Medical Center; Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital; Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center; Dagupan Doctors Villaflor Memorial Hospital; Virgen Milagrosa Medical Center; Sto. Rosio Hospital; Batangas Medical Center; Sto. Rosario Hospital; PNP Crime Lab MIMAROPA; Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital; Mother Seton Hospital (Naga City); Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Hospital; Dr. Arturo P. Pingoy Medical Center; Amai Pakpak Medical Center; City Health Office – General Santos LGU; Cotabato Sanitarium; CARAGA Regional Hospital; PNP Regional Health Service Cordillera; and PNP/Camp Bado Dangwa Hospital.

Project Pagasa