Books

This is envisioned to be a Book-Planner that will be birthed by 13 women—all of us coming from different countries, experiences, and backgrounds, reaching out to share stories of healing and empowerment. We have common struggles–separation, grief, death, physical, mental, and emotional challenges, poverty, hopelessness…yet, we are all survivors! Each has a STORY to tell. A story of courage, of triumph. And that story can help you and someone you love. This is an opportunity to really look into ourselves, get to know our mission more, share our triumphs from the dark days (shadow work), our personal/spiritual evolution, and in the process–HELP and SUPPORT you.

A “bonus” is that this will also carry a planner, following our natural and galactic calendar.

Image credits: The prototype design of the book cover is my work but backdrop is a portion of a work by Mr. Putu Gede Surya Krisna [@suryakrisnaa_ in Instagram], used with permission.

Guidebook on Public-Private Partnership in Hospital Management – is a useful tool for local governments that wish to establish a PPP in hospital project/venture. I’m an advocate of universal health care (UHC) and while I got paid writing this, it was also a passion project for me and I hope that through this link, it cam reach as many local governments as possible. PPP has also been receiving bad publicity–some naysayers say it is just privatization–but I hope you can dig deeper and understand that, if done right, this can help address efficiency and transparency issues in government health facilities.

This (and the book below) had been featured in the PPP Legal Resource Center page of The World Bank. You can find the feature here.

Book cover design is by Glenn Marcelo.

Guidebook on Public-Private Partnership in Pharmacy – similar to the above book, this is also meant for local governments hoping to establish PPP in pharmacy services.

As we know, due to procurement laws, many hospitals sometimes deal with stocking/inventory issues. This often leads to out-of-pocket expenses because patients are forced to buy medicines outside the facilities. Therefore, the noble intents of UHC is impacted if patients–especially the poorest–will always be forced to spend for medicines using their own funds, which are oftentimes borrowed or solicited from government offices.

PPP as a mechanism is not perfect but when done with the best intents and benefiting from best practices from all over the world, it can help governments respond more effectively and efficiently to the health requirements of the people. COVID-19, for example, is turning out to be very difficult for affected governments. PPP can definitely help improve resilience of public health care systems not just in ordinary times but also in the face of pandemics.

A copy of the book is also available from this link.

Book cover design is by Glenn Marcelo.

Our health is intertwined with our physical environment and the emergence of COVID-19 clearly albeit sadly proves this point.

The Guidebook for a Zero Open Defecation Program is a useful reference for local governments that wish to establish sustainable sanitation systems particularly through zero open defecation programs.

A copy of the book may be downloaded from this link.

Book cover is by FolksLikeUs Graphics.

The road to a more sustainable future requires cleaner fuels and energy systems. Published in 2001, this is likely among the ‘trailblazers’ (at least in the Philippines) in giving communities more practical knowledge products, which will guide them in developing stand-alone RE-based electricity systems.

The book is also available for download from this link.

Graphic design by Lillette De Lara (sorry, I am not sure if she also did the cover page).