HIV-AIDS

MANILA, Philippines – A total of 278 new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases were diagnosed in the country in July, up 36 percent compared to the 204 reported in the same month of 2011, a member of Congress said Wednesday.

Even as the promise of an AIDS vaccine seems finally within humanity’s reach, researchers in the United States have discovered a new disease —as-yet unnamed, but fortunately non-contagious— with very AIDS-like symptoms.

MALES-having-sex-with-males (MSM) causing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has outgrown heterosexual contact over the last five years in the Philippines, a report by the Department of Health (DOH) showed Sunday.

MANILA, Philippines – Halfway through 2012 and the number of HIV/AIDS cases recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) for the year has surpassed the statistics in 2010, an official of the agency said Friday. DOH Assistant Secretary Eric Tayag said that for June 2012, the Philippine HIV and AIDS Registry had recorded 295 new…

MANILA, Philippines – The number of HIV/AIDS cases recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) for the first half of the year already surpassed the number of cases for the entire year of 2010, the health department said Friday, July 27. Health Assistant Secretary Eric Tayag said that as of June 2012, the Philippine HIV…

Scientists in the United States said Wednesday they had used a cancer drug to flush out the AIDS virus lurking dormant in trial patients’ white blood cells — a tentative step towards a cure. The ability of the HIV genome, or reproductive code, to hide out in cells and be revived after decades poses a…

Investigators are looking into two main paths toward a cure for AIDS, based on the stunning stories of a small group of people around the world who have been able to overcome the disease. Despite progress in treating millions of people globally with antiretroviral drugs, experts say a cure is more crucial than ever because…

A new ILO-backed report launched by the Global Network of People living with HIV at the International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC. shows that HIV-related stigma and discrimination is still widespread in the world of work. WASHINGTON, DC (ILO News) – Over 30 million people living with HIV old enough to work still face a…

The role of public-private partnerships in response to HIV and AIDS and the relevance of action at the workplace are being highlighted at the 19th International AIDS Conference. WASHINGTON, DC (ILO News) – The Head of the ILO Programme on HIV/ AIDS and the world of work has called for “more involvement from the private…

Thirty years into the AIDS epidemic, a cure remains elusive but a growing arsenal of drugs could someday help end new infections, the World Health Organization’s HIV/AIDS chief says. The key is figuring out how to best manage the latest advances, Gottfried Hirnschall said in an interview with AFP during a visit to Washington this…

General Santos City in South Cotabato province serves as prowling grounds for 30 individuals with full-blown HIV-AIDS—most of them are commercial sex workers and some are professionals.

Manila, Philippines – Rep. Arnel Ty of the party-list group Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers Association yesterday urged sexually active Filipino sailors to test for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to safeguard their partners here at home.

MANILA, Philippines – From modern-day hero to heel: that’s effectively how a legislator describes reckless seafarers who access commercial sex abroad and pass on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to their family back home.

MANILA – More units of donated blood has been contaminated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) during the first five months of this year, the Department of Health (DOH) reported.

MANILA, Philippines – The number of HIV/AIDS cases in the country rose to 9,669 after 273 new cases were recorded in May, the Philippine HIV and AIDS Registry of the Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday.

A Catholic pro-life organization noted an increase in the number of overseas Filipino workers in Cebu infected with the (HIV) human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).

IN LIGHT of the rising incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Central Visayas, the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) assured members of utmost confidentiality in the processing of their benefit claims.

A growing number of Filipinos have been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as a result of using injecting drugs with contaminated needles, according to Rep. Arnel Ty of the LPG Marketers’ Association (LPG-MA). Ty said that contaminated needle-sharing among drug users was rapidly emerging as the second leading mode of spread of HIV…

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) – The government is working closely with the local officials as well as other stakeholders to curb the increasing number of Filipinos who have been infected by the dreaded HIV and AIDS, a senior government official said today.

For the information and guidance of all concerned, enclosed is a copy of the Guidelines on the Department of Education’s Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Prevention and Control Policy and Program in the Workplace in compliance with the enclosed Republic Act (RA) No. 8504, also known as the “Philippine AIDS…

MANILA, Philippines – Records of the Department of Health (DOH) showed that a total of 233 new cases of HIV/AIDS were recorded in April, surpassing the 1,000-mark for this year alone. The DOH said there are now 1,032 HIV/AIDS cases in the country.

MANILA, Philippines – “There has been a 587% increase in the number of new cases of HIV in the Philippines from 2007 to 2011. This is simply unacceptable. The DOH (Department of Health) has not seen an epidemic rise this quickly,” Dr Genesis Samonte, chief of the HIV Surveillance Unit of the National Epidemiology Center…

DAVAO CITY—More young males are coming out to seek testing for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as government statistics have begun to show a widening spread of the virus among males who have been having homosexual contact for the last four years.

DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Xinhua) – Five people have died from complications due to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Davao, the largest city in the southern Philippines, this year, local health officials said.

The Department of Health (DOH) said 37 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in the Philippines in March.

For the first time since 1984, the Department of Health (DOH) has reported the highest number of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in the country.

MANILA, Philippines – Policemen found to be HIV-positive or afflicted with AIDS will not be dismissed from the service, according to Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesman Chief Superintendent Agrimero Cruz Jr. The PNP has given assurance that information on policemen infected with the disease will remain confidential, even as it conducts programs aimed at increasing…

The Philippine National Police Health Service (PNPHS) has started a program to educate their 143,000-strong force in preventing the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in their rank and file.

THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has endorsed a bill in the House of Representatives that seeks to amend Republic Act 8504, otherwise known as the Philippines AIDS Prevention Control Act of 1998, to strengthen the country’s comprehensive policy on the prevention and control of the disease.

The Philippines has failed to stop the spread of HIV-AIDS, the head of a United Nations program on the dreaded disease reported Tuesday. Teresita Marie Bagasao, head of the Manila office of the United Nations Program on HIV-AIDS (UNAids), said that “while the absolute number of HIV infections in the Philippines is still relatively low,…