About UPINHF

UPAA Accreditation Certificate

UPINHF INC was incorporated in California on June 1, 2017 as a non-stock, nonprofit corporation. It is organized as a public benefit, educational, and charitable corporation within the purview of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, Section 501(c)(3) and corresponding sections of other Federal Laws. The UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES INTERNATIONAL NURSING AND HEALTHCARE FORUM is an accredited provider of Continuing Education by the California Board of Registered Nursing (CE Provider Number 16871). UPINHF was accredited by the UP Alumni Association and the UP Board of Regents on June 21, 2018.

Our Mission

The mission of this health-centered international nonprofit corporation is focused on transforming healthcare by fostering inter-professional and multi-sectoral dialogue and collaboration in the advancement of professional practices, services, education, and research. The official publication of the UPINHF INC is the “INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR NURSING AND HEALTHCARE.”

Our Purpose is Threefold:

1. As an Alumni Organization

a. To advance the interest of the University of the Philippines (UP) alumni by providing opportunities through unity and camaraderie and building on such relationships.
b. To provide scholastic and professional development of members including the enhancement of technical and technological skills through continuing education and journal publication of researches and studies.

2. As a Healthcare Organization

a. To foster multi-sectoral exchanges amongst professionals in the healthcare industry through cooperative social and scientific endeavors.
b. To actively improve and maintain the highest standards of healthcare practice by sharing ideas and promoting advanced professional services, education, and research.
c. To encourage attendance and participation in professional activities and community
programs.

3. As a Charitable Organization

a. To develop and establish health and nursing missions including immediate responses to epidemics or medical crises for the benefit of poor families and indigent communities in the United States of America (U.S.A) and elsewhere.
b. To establish a trust that can provide assistance to poor victims of natural calamities and other disasters; for this purpose, the organization may work with and support other aid agencies like the Red Cross Societies.