Dr. Christina Padolina is the current City Administrator of Navotas City where she served as a former City Health Officer. She also worked as former Chief of Hospital in Navotas City Hospital. Prior to this, she was the Council Representative of the Asia & Oceania Federation of Obstetrics & Gynecology (AOFOG) Board. For years, she has held several positions from being President of the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, Congress President of Asia & Oceania Federation of Obstetrics & Gynecology (AOFOG) Congress, and Country Representative to AOFOG.

Since 1993, Dr. Pahurat Kongmuang Taisuwan worked for the Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, preparing and responding to emerging infectious diseases. Then in 2013, Dr. Pahurat moved to the Bureau of Risk Communication in the same department. Dr. Pahurat was encouraged and established many training, procedures, and guidelines regarding disease crisis risk communication, including the COVID-19 crisis. Nowadays, Dr. Pahurat is the director of the Secretariat Office of the Royal Development Projects Committee, Department of Disease Control. Dr.

Ms Lieke Visser is the technical officer at the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WHO WPRO) working in the World Health Emergency (WHE) team, based in Manila, Philippines. She leads the WHO WPRO’s risk communication work and has been involved in the COVID-19 pandemic response as the pillar lead for Strategic Communications within the COVID-19 Incident Management Support Team (IMST).

Anna Biernat is Communication Officer with the WHO’s Regional Office for the Western Pacific, based in Manila, Philippines. In this role, Anna supports strategic communication activities and plans to achieve better health outcomes and impact within the Region. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Anna has also been actively involved in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the regional COVID-19 communications strategy, including leading the Strategic Communications Pillar as part of the regional COVID-19 Incident Management Support Team (IMST).

Dr. Susan Pineda Mercado is a medical doctor and public health expert with extensive experience at international, national, and local levels. Her international work includes a 15-year distinguished career at the World Health Organization, where she retired as Director of Noncommunicable Disease and Health through the Life Course Approach. She is internationally recognized for her work on tobacco control, health promotion, healthy cities, reproductive health, family planning, and strategic health communication.