Making Healthcare More Accessible, Affordable, and Inclusive

Watsons' Great Health Fest 2025 features over 40 trusted health and beauty brands offering up to 80-percent discount and freebies on health and wellness essentials.

- By LAI S. REYES

There's no better time to invest in your health than now. Why? Because health investments yield incredible returns in the form of function, experiences, memories, relationships, and one's quality of life.

"That's why we should all be proactive about our health," advises Sharon Decapia, Watsons senior AVP for marketing, PR and sustainability.

Being proactive about your health means caring for your body before it breaks down. And so, instead of waiting until you feel the symptoms of, say, a cold or the flu, you can take a proactive approach by boosting your immune system now.

You know the drill: Eat healthy, get enough sleep, implement a regular exercise routine, and get regular health checkups.

Sounding like a broken record, Decapia emphasizes the importance of taking charge of one's health every chance she gets: during press conferences, medical missions, even product launches. "Because as Filipinos, we know the challenge. Napakamahal magkasakit sa Pilipinas. (It's so expensive to get sick in the Philippines.)"

GOOD HEALTH SHOULD BE WITHIN REACH

Well, if the crowd that showed up at the launch of Watsons "The Great Health Fest 2025" at SM Mall of Asia on May 12 was any indication, it seemed that Decapia's plea didn't fall on deaf ears.