Ella Naliponguit

Dr. Naliponguit, a physician, is Director III of the Department of Education, Philippines. Concurrently, she also serves as a member of the WHO Guidelines Development Group (GDG) for School Health Services, a Research Fellow for SEAMEO INNOTECH, current Chairperson of the Governing Board for SEAMEO RECFON, Member of the Governing Board of the Philippine Indigenous and Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC) and the Philippine National Nutrition Council (NNC). Her combined 19 years of civic/ non-government organization work and public service experience have focused on health program management in the education sector, which includes enabling health research initiatives, application of research results for health policies and standards, and design and development of national school health programs. Her current challenge now is in the development of programs focused on adolescent and youth development (including reproductive health) in schools and the development of policies/ guidelines for after school sports development.