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  2. Fe del Mundo - Wikipedia

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    Fe Villanueva del Mundo, OLD ONS GCGH, (born Fé Primitiva del Mundo y Villanueva; 27 November 1911 – 6 August 2011 [1]) was a Filipino pediatrician.She founded the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines and is known for shaping the modern child healthcare system in the Philippines.

  3. List of inventors - Wikipedia

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    Fe del Mundo (1911–2011), Philippines – medical incubator made out of bamboo for use in rural communities without electrical power; Colin Murdoch (1929–2008), New Zealand – Tranquillizer gun, disposable hypodermic syringe; William Murdoch (1754–1839), Scotland – Gas lighting

  4. María Orosa - Wikipedia

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    María Orosa y Ylagan [1] (November 29, 1892 – February 13, 1945) was a Filipina food technologist, pharmaceutical chemist, humanitarian, and war heroine. [2] She experimented with foods native to the Philippines, and during World War II developed Soyalac (a nutrient rich drink from soybeans) and Darak (rice cookies packed with vitamin B-1, which prevents beriberi disease), which she also ...

  5. Ramon Magsaysay Award - Wikipedia

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    Fe Villanueva del Mundo (1911–2011) Philippines "for her lifelong dedication and pioneering spirit as a physician extraordinary to needy Filipino children." 1978: Prateep Ungsongtham Hata (b. 1952) Thailand "for bringing learning, better health and hope to impoverished children otherwise denied services in the portside slum of Klong Toey." 1979

  6. List of Filipino inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    The Vazbuilt Modular Housing System, an invention of Edgardo Vazquez, is a concept of a prefabricated or ready-to-build housing system. an easy to build and less time to construct Walls, floors, columns, window panels, and tied beams, with additional implementation which can potentially solved the country housing backlog.

  7. Eduardo Quisumbing - Wikipedia

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    National historical marker installed in 1986 in Pasay, Metro Manila. From 1920 to 1926 he was attached to the College of Agriculture in U.P., and from 1926 to 1928 to the University of California; in 1928 appointed systematic botanist and since February 1934 acting chief of the Natural Museum Division of the Bureau of Science, Manila, now director of the National Museum.

  8. Julian Banzon - Wikipedia

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    Julian Banzon was born on March 25, 1908, to Manuel S. Banzon and Arcadia Arca in Balanga, Bataan. [1] [3]Banzon graduated from the University of the Philippines in Manila in 1930 with a degree of Bachelor of Science in chemistry.

  9. Gregorio Y. Zara - Wikipedia

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    Gregorio Ynciong Zara (8 March 1902 – 15 October 1978) [1] was a Filipino engineer, physicist, a National Scientist, and inventor. He was known as the father of videoconferencing [2] for having invented the first two-way videophone.