Better Health, Stronger Communities

The ambition to deliver more and better health services in the community is not new, but for a company whose portfolio of businesses does not extend to health services, San Miguel nevertheless has invested heavily in a network of six clinics in its fenceline communities throughout the Philippines: three of which are in Luzon (Valenzuela, Pampanga, Batangas); two in the Visayas (Bacolod and Cebu); and one in Mindanao (Davao del Sur).

Managed by San Miguel Foundation in close coordination with the barangay health office, our community health services provide support across a range of needs and age groups and are most often used by children, older people, or those living with chronic conditions such as diabetes or heart disease.

SMC’s clinics in San Fernando, Pampanga are secondary clinics specializing in lifestyle-related diseases. The remaining four are primary health clinics. Barangay health workers identify and endorse patients, and the clinics serve as onestop service outlets for health, family planning, and nutrition, focused on comprehensive preventive, basic curative health services, and health education. Our clinics have earned the local community’s confidence, evidenced by ever-increasing utilization. In 2022 alone, close to 900 patients were served across all six clinics resulting in 8,705 visits.

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