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Hi! I’m Manu, working in health technology and on human rights.

My work at University of the Philippines Manila focuses on improving healthcare access and systems through telehealth. After hours I volunteer for Amnesty International.

This website is a work in progress: it consists of notes (a few of them long, most are half-baked) on health tech, queer and youth rights, or anything that’s of personal interest. Maybe we share some of them - feel free to explore!

Say hi over Twitter or m[at]mnugaspar.com 👋🏽 I go by he/him.


Recent work

Strengthening integrated treatment and care for hepatitis in the Philippines (StITCH) 1.0 (2022)
Managing implementation of a people-centred model to strengthen integrated hepatitis care and treatment in primary health care settings, in collaboration with partners in the Philippines, Viet Nam, and the United States.
Integration of medical code classification systems in the health care system (2026)
Managing work to integrate medical code classification systems into the Philippine health care system.
Standards and Interoperability Lab Philippines (SIL-PH) (2025)
Managing standards and interoperability work using road safety as a use case, including development of health data standards and FHIR implementation guidance.

I joined 20 more projects.