Participants in the 1st Regional Conference of non-Hospital Based Clinical Laboratories DOH-Calabarzon listen attentively as Asst. Regional Director Dr. Paula Paz Sydiongco delivers her welcome remarks at the Development Academy of the Philippines Tagaytay City. The conference carries with it a theme that dwells on “confronting the challenges in the health system on the road to achieving universal health care.” (Benjie Cuaresma/IAMIGO/CNS)