Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo signed a partnership with the Unilab Center for Health Policy to pilot new approaches to primary healthcare, placing the city at the center of an effort to test data-driven solutions that could improve local health services.
The agreement links the Naga City government with the Unilab Center for Health Policy under the Unilab Foundation. The collaboration focuses on studying how local health data gathered by the city can guide policy decisions and strengthen healthcare programs on the ground.
Robredo said the effort aims to sharpen the city’s priorities in delivering health services by focusing on programs that directly address community needs.
“Mas mastre-strengthen po namin yung mas strategic na mga programs rather than yung mga compliance programs,” Robredo said.
The initiative will examine patterns in patient care, health service delivery, and local health records collected by the city. Researchers and local officials will review these data points to identify gaps in healthcare access and design solutions that can improve services in communities.
Naga City will serve as the pilot site for the project. The partnership will document how the city’s local data ecosystem can support policy decisions and guide practical improvements in healthcare delivery.
The program also seeks to generate models that other local governments could adopt if the approach proves effective. By grounding policy work in community-level data, the project aims to produce practical lessons that can help strengthen primary healthcare systems beyond Naga.
The collaboration comes as local governments continue to play a key role in implementing health programs at the community level. Through the partnership, Naga City and the Unilab Center for Health Policy aim to translate local experience into policy insights that could influence how primary healthcare is designed and delivered in other parts of the country.
