Ischemic heart disease (IHD) remains the most common cause of death while cerebrovascular disease (CVD) is the third most common in the Philippines. IHD and CVD represent complications resulting from prevalent non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and risk factors which present important opportunities for primary and secondary prevention.

This study aimed to pilot a sustainable multisectoral approach for community-based screening and management of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and determine the effects of a multisectoral collaboration approach on the rate of screening, prevalence and control rates for selected risk factors.

This is a quality improvement project that determines the baseline prevalence and control rates of CV risk factors followed by intense screening efforts with support from private partnerships. The project's core components are: (a) capacity building (b) information dissemination; (c) service provision; and (d) health monitoring. Rates of screening, prevalence and control were monitored over a two-year period.

A total of 94,125 patients were screened through the ONE Cavite Project over two years (January 2021 to December 2022). A total of 61,271 were newly identified as having hypertension (65.1%), 24,069 diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 2 (25.6%), 29,257 diagnosed to have dyslipidemia (31.1%) and 13,204 smokers (14.0%) were identified.

Intensification of screening was successful in improving identification of individuals with NCDs. The impact of continued educational support for both providers and patients in this study reaffirmed its role as a central component of NCD diagnosis, management and prevention.