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    Regina Pascua Berba, head of the Hospital Infection Control Unit (HICU), University of the Philippines

    Manila - Philippine General Hospital (UPM-PGH), was one of the recipients of the Filipino Women’s
    Network (FWN) 2022 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World Award - Innovators and Thought
    Leaders Category.

    The Most Influential Filipina Women in the World Award™ recognizes women of Philippine ancestry
    who are influencing the face of leadership in the global workplace, having reached status for
    outstanding work in their respective professions, industries and communities. They are recognized
    for their achievement and contributions to society, femtorship and legacy. The Innovators and
    Thought Leaders Award category recognizes Filipina women who have broken new ground in the
    global workplace and delivered unique applications of emerging technology. This award category is
    also for someone who has launched a new enterprise, a learning function, or completely overhauled
    an existing way of doing things, resulting in a new development or community initiative.

    Dr. Berba is an infectious disease specialist, a researcher, and a professor at the UP College of
    Medicine. She also chairs the Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee and is the head of the UP-PRIME
    TB DOTS and the UP Leptospirosis Taskforce. Dr. Berba is known as the ‘science’ behind the PGH
    Crisis Management Team and has led in transforming UPM-PGH into a COVID referral center.

    “We were the go-to-hospital and took care of hundreds of COVID-19 patients and I was in charge of
    making sure that our hospital was safe not only for our patients, but also for the thousands of
    dedicated frontliners, doctors, nurses, support staff, UP faculty, trainees, and students,” recounted
    Dr. Berba as she headed the COVID treatment protocols of UPM-PGH.

    She asserted that in many ways, the things she and her team at HICU did in PGH defined how the
    country responded to the pandemic since their developed protocols would be cascaded to the
    platforms of social media and to the other hospitals in the country. Dr. Berba frequented several
    Stop C.O.V.I.D. Deaths webinar series, sharing her knowledge and expertise.

    Dr. Berba was awarded the 2019 Distinguished Researcher by the Philippine College of Physicians for
    her research in the field of HIV and infection control. She was also awarded the PeopleAsia’s “People
    of the Year 2022” last April 2022 at the Taft Ballroom of Conrad Manila.

    Source: FWN Filipina Leadership Global Summit (filipinasummit.org), https://youtu.be/q8qrwD_i9C0


    Photo credit: https://youtu.be/q8qrwD_i9C0, Luminaries shine in PeopleAsia’s “People of the Year”
    2022 list - PeopleAsia

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