is a non-stock, non-profit, non-government organization established in 1985 which aims to promote primary health care programs in the Visayas regions. The VPHCS assists people’s organizations in the marginalized sectors of society – urban poor dwellers, farmers, fisherfolks, women and children -- in building and strengthening community-based health programs (CBHPs). It was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission in October 1989 with SEC Reg. No. CEO 2662.