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    Dr. Hilario D.G. Lara was known as the "Father of Modern Public Health in the Philippines". He obtained his medical degree and masters in public health from the University of the Philippines and Johns Hopkins University. As the founder and first dean of the Institute of Hygiene, now known as the College of Public Health, he conducted seminal research on cholera, diphtheria, dysentery, typhoid fever, and measles that helped establish public health practices and policies in the Philippines. He published over 40 articles and established a health demonstration unit that helped train public health workers. The main building of the College of Public Health is named after him in recognition of his pioneering contributions to the field.

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    DR. HILARIO D. G.

    LARA,
    M.D. (Public Health)
    The Pioneer of Modern Public
    Health in the Philippines

    1
    EDUCATION

    The epidemiologist who would eventually be known as


    “The Father of Modern Public Health in the Philippines”

    He was born on January 15, 1894 in Imus, Cavite.


    .
    Graduated Valedictorian from Silliman University High School
    finished a year-long preparatory course at the College of
    Liberal Arts in the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila.

    He works while studying at University of the Philippines in


    Manila’s College of Medicine

    He obtained his master’s degree in Public Health at


    Johns Hopkins University in Maryland in 1923, and
    earned his Ph.D. one year later.
    CONTRIBUTIONS

    During his stay at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Lara began the first of many
    studies on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of not one,
    but five infectious diseases (cholera, typhoid fever, dysentery,
    measles, and diphtheria)

    From 1922 to 1924, Dr. Lara conducted studies on carriers of diphtheria,


    a lethal disease that blocks the infected person’s airways and can do
    serious damage to their internal organs. His research highlighted the
    need to look into diphtheria carriers in order to prevent its spread.

    After closely examining a cholera epidemic in Romblon in 1926, Dr.


    Lara established that the disease could indeed spread via
    contaminated seafood. Interestingly, his observations matched
    earlier findings by Japanese researchers, further confirming his
    analysis.

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    CONTRIBUTIONS

    Dr. Lara also looked into dysentery and typhoid fever cases in Manila,
    linking the problem to untreated water from the Marikina river. This
    prompted the subsequent filtration and chlorination of the city’s
    water system.

    In 1932, Dr. Lara investigated the relationship between measles cases


    in Manila and meteorological conditions, after observing an apparent
    weather-influenced pattern. However, he found no significant
    association between the two.

    “The Epidemiological Study of a Cholera Outbreak in Capaclan,


    Romblon Island" and the other is "Epidemiological Importance
    of Diphtheria Carriers (1925)"

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    CONTRIBUTIONS

    Dr. Lara wrote and published around 40 articles on epidemiology


    in prestigious journals such as Acta Medica Philippina, Philippine
    Journal of Science, and American Journal of Hygiene.

    He is founder and first dean of the Institute of Hygiene (now


    College of Public Health), a leader in the professional training of
    the Philippine public health worker, inspiring teacher, and
    researcher.

    He also established a UNICEF-assisted health demonstration unit


    in Quezon City.

    5
    COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
    UP, MANILA (Hilario Lara Hall)

    The College of Public Health main building,


    built with the aid of the Rockefeller
    Foundation in 1932 and rebuilt after World
    War II in 1946 was named the Hilario Lara
    Hall in 1988

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