WELCOME

HAIN was established in 1985 to serve the information and research needs of community-based health programs (CBHPs) in the Philippines. These CBHPs were established as an alternative health system for marginalized rural and urban communities. Through the years, HAIN's work with the CBHPs has expanded to include training and education activities.

Furthermore, HAIN's constituency has expanded beyond the CBHPs to include development organizations and groups working with specific populations such as women, students, consumers, cultural minorities, peasants and workers, sex workers and men who have sex with men. HAIN also works with media practitioners, academicians, government officials and donor agencies in promoting health and development.

Working Philosophy

HAIN believes that health is a development issue with economic, political and cultural dimensions. It believes that health comes with empowering people and communities with access to objective and accurate information on health care to make their own decisions and to organize for their rights. With the help of its vast information network, HAIN seeks to provide information at the local level, where it is needed the most.