Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines President Gov. Alfonso Umali, Jr. shares local government needs and issues with regard to effectively implementing eHealth in the Philippines in a panel discussion in the "First Philippine eHealth Summit", February 4 2014, at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila Hotel. The event is organized by the Department of Health and the Philippine Council for Health Research, and aimed to gather stakeholder inputs, and engage these actors to achieve the vision of a widespread access to health care services and health care information to improve health systems.