HIV-AIDS

Even Malacaang is now alarmed by the rising cases of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the country.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) admitted on Tuesday the need to improve healthcare services to prevent the spread of HIV.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) recorded a total of 274 human immunodeficiency virus cases in February, the highest ever recorded in one month in the country based on the Philippine HIV and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Registry Report.

A TOTAL of 2,087 Filipinos living with the human immunodeficiency virus are now on anti-retroviral therapy, an official said Friday. Rep. Arnel Ty of the sectoral party LPG Marketers’ Association says the number does not include those who have died, left the country or decided to stop taking therapy.

THE NUMBER of Filipinos who are under medication for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have risen by 39% compared to the same time last year, data from the Health department show.

BANGKOK (AlertNet) – The Philippines is looking at dropping the age of consent for HIV testing from 18 to 15 in order to tackle a substantial increase in infections among teenagers, a government official says.

THE United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap) said on Monday that its headquarters in Bangkok had hosted a discussion to find ways to speed up progress toward a region free from the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

DILIMAN, Quezon City, Philippines – An 800-percent increase in HIV infections. A steady rise in the number of poisoning cases. A 17-percent reduction in the number of Filipinos suffering from worm infections.

MANILA, Philippines – The national government has given the Department of Health (DOH) some P90 million this year to combat HIV/AIDS which infected 2,349 individuals in 2011.

DUE to the rise of the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV in the country, Health Secretary Enrique Ona said they are directing the interventions to populations groups where transmission of the virus has been high.

AN HIV-AIDS epidemic is a big possibility because the government has failed to allocate enough funds for contraceptives and programs aimed at preventing the spread of the disease in the country, Gabriela Women’s party-list Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan said Monday.

At least 271 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were reported to have contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 2011, higher by 56 percent compared to the 174 OFWs found HIV-positive in 2010, a Philippine lawmaker said on Monday.

MANILA, Philippines – HIV/AIDS cases will rise by 14,000 this year, according to projections by the Department of Health (DOH). Gerard Belimac, program manager for the department’s National AIDS/Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention and Control Program, said 60 percent of that increase will be in Metro Manila, Cebu City and Davao City.

With a 50-percent increase in new HIV infections in the past 10 years and decreasing local and foreign funding for anti-AIDS programs, the Philippines has “a long way” to go to meet its sixth Millennium Development Goal (MDG)—to halt and reverse the spread of the dreaded disease by 2015.

UN STUDY: MANILA, Philippines—With a 50 percent increase in new HIV infections over the past 10 years and decreasing local and foreign funding for anti-AIDS programs, the Philippines is a “long way” from meeting its sixth Millennium Development Goal—halting and reversing the spread of the dreaded disease—by 2015, according to the country coordinator of the…

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 212 individuals were confirmed HIV-positive by the STD/AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory (SACCL) in its November 2011 report posted by the Philippine HIV/AIDS registry.

The number of new HIV cases in the country jumped by nearly 90 percent in November compared to the same period in 2010, a Department of Health (DOH) report said.

Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago sought the conduct of an inquiry in the upper chamber, in aid of legislation, on the reported alarming increase of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in the country, it was gathered yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – The Network to Stop AIDS in the Philippines (NSAP) expressed concern over the possible interruption of free treatment for HIV/AIDS patients after the cancellation of financial support from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS.

There have been strong reactions from NGOs to a statement by Health Secretary Enrique Ona made last week at a meeting of the Philippine National AIDS Council supposedly calling on parents to have their homosexual children tested for HIV/AIDS.

There are 21 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were among the 200 new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnosed on October, up by 92 percent against 104 recorded in the same month of 2010.

I have long ago stopped listening to Abigail Valte, supposedly deputy presidential spokesperson, because I still have to catch her saying something that makes sense, or failing that, at least something that I don’t already know from reading the papers or watching the news.

MANILA, Philippines – All of the necessary ingredients for an AIDS epidemic are present in the country, Sen. Miriam Defensor- Santiago said. Santiago is worried that once a concentrated epidemic reaches the general population, it would be more difficult to control.

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – The Philippines is among seven countries with a steady increase in cases of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

COMPLACENCY and lack of government support have virtually made the HIV and AIDS Control Law useless, according to Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, who filed a new measure in recognition of World AIDS Day, which is observed today.

MANILA, Philippines – As the international community observes World AIDS Day today, the Department of Health (DOH) warned of the rapid increase in human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) cases in the country, where an average of six new infections are recorded every day.

Online chatting especially among young people often leads to flirting, or building romantic and sexual relationships. MANILA, Philippines — Social media has inadvertently aided the spread of the HIV in the Philippines according to an ongoing study by the Department of Health (DOH).

MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATED 10:10 P.M.) Health Secretary Enrique Ona has expressed alarm over the spikes in new HIV cases among Filipinos as the department prepared for World AIDS Day’s observance on Thursday, December 1.

THE Family Planning Organization of the Philippines (FPOP) Iloilo chapter raised the alert level against the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Aids) cases in Western Visayas.

MANILA, Philippines – As the Philippines prepares to mark World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, an administration lawmaker is urging regulators to check whether insurance firms doing business in the country have been complying with a law that bars them from excluding HIV-positive Filipinos from health, accident and life coverage services.