About Us

The Philippine Foundation for Vaccination Inc. is a tax-exempt non-stock, non-profit organization to protect and advocate for the promotion of vaccination as essential to disease prevention, especially among infants and children.

PFV Officers

Maria Rosario Z. Capeding, MD

President

Anna Lisa T. Ong-Lim, MD

Vice President

Maria Ines Bettina L. Santos, MD

Secretary

Bryan S. Posadas, RPh

Assistant Secretary

Cynthia A. Aguirre, MD

Treasurer

Emy A. Luna, MD

Assistant Treasurer

Charissa Fay B. Tabora, MD

Auditor

Ericka I. de Jesus, RMT

PRO

Ma. Liza Antoinette M. Gonzales, MD

Immediate Past President

Lulu C. Bravo, MD

Executive Director

Past Presidents

2000-2004 Lulu C. Bravo, MD

2004-2006 Alicia B. Tamesis, MD

2006-2011 Enrique A. Tayag, MD

2011-2016 May B. Montellano, MD

2016-February 2019 Ma. Cecilia S. Montalban, MD

March 2019-March 2020 Dr. Shelley Ann F. de la Vega, MD

2020 -2021 Ma. Liza Antoinette M. Gonzales, MD

Board of Trustees

Maria Rosario Z. Capeding, MD

Anna Lisa T. Ong-Lim, MD

Maria Ines Bettina L. Santos, MD

Cynthia A. Aguirre, MD

Ericka I. de Jesus, RMT

Fatima I. Gimenez, MD

Charissa Fay B. Tabora, MD

Patricia M. Gomez, RM

Maria Cristina I. Alberto, MD

Rontgene M. Solante, MD

Chairs of Standing Committees

Committee on Membership and Secretariat: Dr. Ma. Ines Bettina L. Santos

Committee on Education and Training: Dr. Carmina delos Reyes

Sub Committee on Web-Based Seminars: Dr. Nancy N. Bermal

Committee on Research and Policy: Dr. Charissa Fay Corazon B. Tabora

Committee on Finance and Budget: Dr. Cynthia A. Aguirre

Committee on Advocacy and Networking: Dr. Cristina I. Alberto

Committee on Ethics: Dr. Marla B. Litam

Committee on Election: Dr. Lulu C. Bravo

Committee on Website: Dr. Sarah Makalinaw

Updated July 27, 2022

Our Audience

The PFV website serves Filipino healthcare workers and the general public by providing science-based, up-to-date information and articles related to vaccination and vaccine safety, within the context of disease prevention in the Philippines.

Sponsorship Policy

PFV is funded by PNIC (Philippine National Immunization Conference), plus sponsorships from industry and local government vaccine donations for vaccine missions. Funders and donors have no role in study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, or writing of studies conducted by PFV.

All directors and board members are non-salaried.

Content and Editorial Policy

All website content such as literature and news articles are reviewed by the appropriate committee before being published on the website. Original content is noted where applicable.

Third Party Links

The PFV website may contain links to other websites. We do not endorse or confirm the contents of any such website and accept no liability or responsibility for the contents or the use of such website. Please read the privacy statements upon entry to a linked website, as a matter of practice.

Data Protection and Privacy Policy

1. Who are we?

The Philippine Foundation for Vaccination Inc. is a non-stock, non-profit organization to protect and advocate for the promotion of vaccination as essential to disease prevention, especially among infants and children..

2. What information we collect

The website, and subsequent sub-domains of the website uses cookies to store information about visits in order to improve your experience and to allow the PFV website to provide content that is more relevant to the visitor. The website also uses Google Analytics to record visitor data. We use this data solely for our own purposes of improving the website. The data is not shared or sold to any third parties. We do not use any data for the purpose of providing advertising or promoting third parties.

We do not use any cookies that track your use of the internet on websites other that of our own. By using this website you agree to our use of cookies.

3. How we use the information we collect

The Philippine Foundation for Vaccination does not collect, use, or share personal data (such as email addresses) of the website visitors, without the user's specific affirmative consent.

Updated 1 April 2020

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