HIV-AIDS

The United Nations is helping the Philippines tackle the mounting number of new HIV cases by putting local governments in the vanguard of the battle, mobilizing more than 1,000 officials and over 250 activists so far across 17 regions in the South-East Asian country.

MANILA – There are 178 new cases of HIV as of June this year, the HIV/Aids registry reported. Department of Health Technical Program Officer Ethel Dano said the new cases constitute a 63 percent increase compared to the same period last year.

TACLOBAN City, Philippines—The Department of Health (DoH) in Eastern Visayas is alarmed by the increase of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome cases in the region.

MANILA: While HIV infection rates have been dropping globally, the number of new HIV cases in the Philippines continues to increase. Since the first recorded HIV case in the Philippines in 1984, there has been a steady increase in the number of Filipinos being infected with HIV.

MANILA, Philippines — The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said modules on sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are included in its pre-departure orientation seminar (PDOS).

MANILA, Philippines—An overseas Filipino workers group in the Middle East called on the Philippine government Friday to include sex education in the mandatory pre-departure orientation seminars for OFWs.

A Manila-based organization for migrant workers is urging the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to learn how to protect themselves from being infected with HIV-AIDS.

A resolution requesting the City Health Office and the Department of Labor and Employment to implement and enforce DOLE Department Order No. 102-10, Series of 2010, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Wednesday.

Below is a list of plain but hard facts, revealed by world leading scientific experts and by prestigious institutions, against the systematic nationwide distribution of artificial contraceptives. The following five points seek to address misconceptions about population growth, the spread of AIDs and artificial contraception:

THE Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Aids) are among the major problems plaguing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), including seamen, today.

MANILA, Philippines – Only one in every 200 blood packs donated to the Department of Health, blood banks, and the Red Cross tested positive for HIV in June, a health official said Monday.

MANILA, Philippines – More units of donated blood were found to be HIV-contaminated, the Department of Health (DOH) reported yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines — There’s one out of 12 in the world. In the Philippines, there’s one of 10. That’s the number of people who carry hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), a potentially life-threatening liver infection hyperendemic in the country. The sad part is, despite the figures, it’s not as “popular” as say HIV or AIDS…

A total of 178 new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases were diagnosed in the Philippines in June, an increase of 63 percent compared to the 109 reported in the same month last year.

MANILA, Philippines — Funding for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment-related research and development reached an estimated $2.46 billion in 2009, according to a United Nations (UN) report which contained data collected for the first time on global investments in HIV treatment research.

LONDON — AIDS drugs designed to treat HIV can also be used to reduce dramatically the risk of infection among heterosexual couples, two studies conducted in Africa showed for the first time on Wednesday.

To reduce the number of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) cases in the country, the Philippine government must focus its efforts on MSM (men who have sex with men) sector, a representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said. UNFPA country representative Ugochi Daniels said the government and private health units must act swiftly to…

After his partner died, 35-year old Aidan, not his real name, flew to the Middle East to start a new life as an overseas Filipino worker (OFW). Fortunately, he landed a job as a data analyst. But the result of his medical tests kept haunting him. Aidan was positive with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the…

MANILA, Philippines – New cases of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the country reached an all-time high in May, a party-list lawmaker said Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – A party-list congressman has urged the Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC) to quickly adopt here the new strategies being pushed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to reduce the spread of HIV and save the lives of men who have sex with men.

MANILA, Philippines – Health authorities on Thursday reported a 20-percent spike in new cases of HIV/AIDS, or from 153 to 184, the highest number of cases ever reported in a single month. The Department of Health said about a sixth of the cases were returning overseas Filipino workers.

MANILA, Philippines – A party-list congressman on Sunday raised an alarm against a high number of Filipinos who got infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through unprotected male-to-male sexual contact.

Brussels, 24 June 2011 (ITUC OnLine): Trade unions are telling a key meeting of the United Nations program UNAIDS this week that, along with real commitments from governments to fill the US$ 8 billion funding gap, the potential impact of workplace-based activities in tackling the HIV and AIDS pandemic is still not being realised.

MANILA, Philippines – A research group yesterday said that the youth sector, apart from sex workers and migrant workers, is also considered as “high risk” to the infection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The study “Philippine Education Sectors’ Response to HIV, Drugs and Sexuality” showed that the HIV cases in the country continued to climb,…

While HIV infection rates have dropped globally over the last decade, recent predictions warn that the Philippines will see a five-fold increase in infections before President Benigno Aquino finishes his current term.  But last week’s UN High Level Meeting on AIDS offers the administration a chance to reset policy and commit to reversing recent trends.

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THE rate of new HIV infections has seen a 25 percent drop in the last decade. However, in the Philippines, the number of people infected has risen – particularly among call-center workers.

Young, single, successful, and gay. Humphrey Gorriceta, Jr. was enjoying life. Weekends would not pass without partying at bars, meeting new friends, and surrendering to his libido whenever and wherever it was possible.

Readers may recall that right before last year’s elections, Mindanao was hit by 12-hour daily brownouts, although in light of the coming political exercise, the national media paid scant heed to the plight of Mindanaoans.

MANILA: The rate of new HIV infections has seen a 25 per cent drop in the last decade. However, in the Philippines, the number of people infected has risen – particularly among call-centre workers.