When Dr. Katrina Magbojos joined the Philippines' Doctors to the Barrios (DTTB) program, she was assigned not to a distant island or a conflict zone, as the term "barrios" might suggest, but to ...

You could say that Naomi Wanjiru, 35, and Moreen Kagendo, 28, have beaten the matrix. They have found peace in slow living in a remote corner of Lake Sebu Municipality, South Cotabato Province in the ...

The Philippines' "doctors to the barrios" model shows how workforce shortages, intersected with governance, financing and system design, reveal why rural care remains fragile despite years of reforms.

Kenyan sisters Naomi and Moreen escaped Nairobi's hustle for a fulfilling life as farmers in rural Philippines, discovering ...