Policy-makers and health advocates will gather Saturday, 19 February 2011, at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) for the much awaited Awards Night and Press Conference of the 2^nd Quisumbing-Escandor Film Festival for Health (QEFF). The event serves to honor the exemplary visual artists who best captured the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) theme through their selected media, and also to be an innovative venue for the movers and shakers in health to discuss realities and perspectives in the Philippine health situation.

The 2nd QEFF Awards Night is on February 19, 2011 at the PICC.

QEFF 2, which carries the theme "Sa Ngalan ng Ama, ng Anak, at ng Ina...", shines the spotlight on MCH at such an opportune time when Reproductive Health is undergoing controversial deliberations in Congress. In attendance will be over 200 guests from the various MCH-concerned sectors, creating a conducive environment for meaningful talks toward better health. Rep. Gina de Venecia, Dr. Alberto Romualdez, Dr. Esperanza Cabral, Philippine Medical Association President Dr. Oscar Tinio, and Gawad Kalinga Founder Tony Meloto number among the attendees. Highlighting this undertaking by the youth will be newly-inducted UP President Dr. Alfred Pascual.

Rep. Gina De Venecia, former DOH Secretary Alberto Romualdez, PMA President Dr. Oscar Tinio, former DOH and DSWD Secretary Esperanza Cabral, Gawad Kalinga Founder Tony Meloto, and UP President Alfredo Pascual have confirmed their attendance to the 2nd QEFF Awards night.

In the course of the Festival, QEFF 2 was able to gather 28 official film entries, 47 international guest presentations from as far as Prague, and 149 photo entries. Kicking off the QEFF 2 week were more than 30 Film Screening events in host schools and organizations across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

The Awards Night and Press Conference was made possible through the Mu Sigma Phi Fraternity and Mu Sigma Phi Foundation, in cooperation with the Jose Rizal Memorial Foundation and Eye Republic, with support from University Physician's Medical Center (UPMC), Muntinlupa City Medical Society, MC MARU, Ling Nam, Department of Health, Deparment of Social Welfare and Development, Philippine Association of Communication Educators, UP Center for Gender and Women Studies, and Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations.

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