AIHO Public Health and Global Health Internship for Local and International Students
Why take your public health and global health internship in AIHO?
AIHO's diverse set of consultants and its network in Philippine public health system will definitely provide a broad perspective on strengthening health system.
Reputation in Public Health
Our diverse set of consultants are some of the best known in the community of public health in the Philippines.
Mentoring and Supportive Culture
AIHO emphasizes mentoring in all of its activities, to prepare the future generation of public health leaders. All needs of the students will also be supported during the internship.
Close Partnership with Government
All our works are closely coordinated with our government counterparts, in alignment of our mission of strengthening health systems.
Diverse Options of Public Health Fields
We work on different fields of public health, and working together with different sectors, from national level policymaking to local public health program implementation.
Available Public Health and Global Health Internship Opportunities
These are the available internship opportunities in AIHO, which are usually based either on existing AIHO projects or from availability of mentor consultants.
AIHO Immersion: Community Internship on Local Health Systems#
In this internship, the students will be staying in a rural health center and will tag along with the municipal health officer and its staff, to see how public health programs are implemented on the ground, and how health services are delivered to the people we serve. The immersion may show challenges of public health system in the rural setting, but the internship intends to be inspirational, aiming to show that despite the challenges, public health professionals can be creative and innovative in serving their constituents.
Available all year round (July and August are reserved for local students)
Facilitators: Michael Caampued, Alberto Ong Jr., Paolo Victor Medina, Jana Deborah Mier-Alpaño, Romelei Camiling-Alfonso, Paulo Remudaro
Social Entrepreneurship in Public Health#
How does social entrepreneurship fits in the overall health system strengthening? In this internship, AIHO will immerse its interns in the social enterprise initiatives in public health, and how these organizations navigate the opportunities and the challenges, while contributing to the overall goal of universal health coverage. Application of business concepts in public health will also be presented.
Available all year round
Facilitators: Alberto Ong Jr., Romelei Camiling-Alfonso
Engaging Community-Based Organizations in Public Health Program#
In this project, AIHO demonstrates how community-based organizations can be engaged to be partner in public health programs, specifically on tuberculosis. The interns are expected to observe the project activities, contribute to ideation, and participate in project activities such as in meeting stakeholders and training engaged organizations.
Available until August 2026
Facilitators: Zhamir Umag, Jana Deborah Mier-Alpaño, Paulo Remudaro
Facilitators: Zhamir Umag, Jana Deborah Mier-Alpaño, Paulo Remudaro
Implementing Eye Health Program#
How can the eye health program be implemented in the Philippine context? In this project, the interns are expected to learn the eye health initiatives, programs, and policies of the government. The interns are also expected to explore ways on how eye health program can be self-sustained by the local government units, given the devolved set up of health system in the Philippines.
Available until April 15, 2025
Available until April 15, 2025
Facilitators: Paula Melizza Valera, Janah Deborah Mier-Alpaño, Angeli Comia, Alberto Ong Jr.
Assessing the Implemention of Health Financing Policy#
Policies are good, but are they implemented well? In this research project, the interns will explore how health financing policies, with its good intentions of providing financial risk protection to Filipinos in times of sickness, are implemented by the health facilities. This is a research project funded by the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, and closely coordinated with Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).
Available until September 2025
Facilitators: Michael Caampued, Precious Montilla
Facilitators: Michael Caampued, Precious Montilla
The Diverse Public Health Professional Practice#
In this activity, the interns will be interviewing different public health professionals in the Philippines to explore the cross-cutting skills needed in pursuing public health practice. Learn from prominent Philippine public health professionals from government, nonprofit organizations, community health facilities, consultants, private sector, and advocates.
Available all year round
Facilitator: Alberto Ong Jr.
Facilitator: Alberto Ong Jr.
AIHO Immersion: The Community Internship
Our flagship advocacy activity, AIHO Immersion sends medical students to rural health centers to experience not just the provision of health services in a challenging setting, but also to experience how public health programs trickle to the ground.
- Structured immersion, with pre-determined learning objectives
- July to August for local students (during summer break); anytime for international students
- With travel grant to select local students
- With post-immersion debriefing to process the learning
- With full support on coordination, logistics, and administrative aspect of internship
AIHO Immersion is one of The Elders' 100 Sparks of Hope
Recognizing its potential to solve health inequity through building up the awareness and values of the next generation of public health professionals. Read here.