After finishing her medical training, Dr. Maria Natividad “Naty” Castro left her home in Metro Manila to practice rural medicine. She started a number of community health centers serving Indigenous Peoples, the Lumads, in Mindanao, the southernmost island of the Philippine archipelago. She has trained community health workers and has participated in disaster relief. As More

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