HIV-AIDS

The HIV/AIDS picture in the country is dismal — five Filipinos get infected with HIV every day, and three Filipinos die from full-blown AIDS every week. Along with Bangladesh, we are the only Asian country where HIV/AIDS infections are growing. It has been on the downtrend in the rest of the world — except n…

Thirty years since the discovery of AIDS, the world appears to be ready to look at the epidemic with a more optimistic lens: the death rate is going down in many parts of the world, thanks to innovation in anti-retroviral treatment, and there’s a global decline in new infections. This week, in a high-level meeting…

MANILA, Philippines –  The Department of Health (DOH) is now in a quandary on how to curb the growing number of cases of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among injecting drug users due to conflicting laws on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and drug abuse.

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 60 blood units that were screened for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) since the beginning of the year up to April have been confirmed positive for HIV, the latest  Philippine HIV/AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) registry revealed.

ONE-FOURTH of the people who tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the country last year came from Central Visayas. HIV is the virus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

JAYSON WAS ABROAD when he learned he contracted HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) because of his numerous sexual dalliances. He broke up with his foreign partner and decided to live the rest of his life back home.

ILOILO CITY, June 1 (PIA) — George Bartolome said he and other people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) continue to reach out to people for their compassion and understanding about their plight even as they seek for a cure to their ailment.

MANILA, Philippines – A total of 171 new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases were reported in April, up by 11 percent from the 154 posted in the same month last year, a party-list lawmaker said.

MAROON 5 VOCALIST Adam Levine recently revealed his obsession over yoga, how it helped solve his flexibility issues and how it sculpted his body. For a group here in Manila, yoga means more than just a workout. To them it is a community whose common advocacy focuses on helping people with HIV.

A FEW months back, I talked with the director of the UP Veterinary Hospital to get his help to neuter some stray cats in my college.   Because my first degree was in veterinary medicine, we went into some technical discussions and I asked about the cost of ketamine, the pre-anesthetic that we used when I…

MANILA, Philippines—The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is developing a “comprehensive HIV prevention program” for overseas Filipino workers and other most-at-risk population sectors in the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines has not been making progress in meeting its sixth Millennium Development Goal, which is halting and reversing the spread of the dreaded HIV-AIDS disease, according to the country coordinator of the United Nations Program on HIV-AIDS (UNAIDS).

The  number of AIDS cases will rise to more than 30,000 in 2015 or five times the current number of cases, a health official said last week.

MANILA — Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) continue to be at-risk of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with 27 new cases reported for the month of March.

TAGAYTAY CITY, Cavite: Cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are expected to rise to alarming levels in 2015, the Department of Health (DOH) warned on Thursday.

TAGAYTAY, Philippines — Stigma and discrimination against people infected with HIV in the Philippines have lessened over the years and the media played a role in this, a development worker said Friday.

Assistant Sec. Enrique Tayag warns that the number of HIV-AIDS cases could rise to 45,000 by 2015 based on current trends. Mark Merueñas TAGAYTAY, Philippines — Some 45,000 Filipinos may be infected with the HIV-AIDS before the Aquino administration ends in 2016 if the government will not act to contain the spread of the dreaded…

According to the ILO’s new global report on discrimination worldwide, the challenge for enhancing the employability of people with disabilities and HIV/AIDS is significant. Promoting the rights of vulnerable groups, such as workers with HIV/AIDS or disabilities, is therefore among the major areas of focus of the ILO. A good example is its Opportunity for…

Philippines Health Report Reveals New 172 HIV Infected CasesA report by the Department of Health of 172 confirmed HIV cases in March, resulting in total figure of 483 HIV cases in first quarter of 2011, has sent jitters in Filipino. With the report hitting the corner of the society, a congressional review of the 1998…

THE Department of Health (DOH)-Western Visayas now calls the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency (Aids) syndrome a “fast and furious” threats to human lives in the region from “hiding and growing” in 1984.

Former First Lady and incumbent Ilocos Norte Representative (2nd District) Imelda Marcos is seeking to strengthen the country’s policy on the prevention and control of the dreaded Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS).

A 36-year-old mother of two children in southern Cebu is the latest confirmed victim who tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) this April.

MANILA, Philippines—Washington is “watching very closely” the HIV-AIDS problem in the Philippines, one of its closest allies in Asia, according to the country head of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

MANILA, Philippines—Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) comprise one-fourth of the 6,326 total cases listed in the National HIV and AIDS Registry, according to Rep. Arnel Ty of the party-list group LPGMA.

Amid confirmed reports from the Department of Health (DOH) that two patients were transfused with blood tested positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the AIDS Soceity of the Philippines (ASP) reminded the public to have themselves properly tested for HIV if they suspect infection.

The bad news is that HIV/AIDS cases are rising to epidemic proportions in this country despite the availability of condoms and other contraceptives and the aggressive marketing of their manufacturers promoting their use. This means that more people especially the “machos”, as exemplified by the products’ principal celebrity endorser, are duped into believing that they…

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines needs to “translate into action” its Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reversing the spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV-AIDS) by 2015, a United Nations coordinator said.

MANILA, Philippines – Nineteen overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) last February, bringing to 159 the number of new cases for the month, a report of the Department of Health (DOH) showed.

MANILA, Philippines – The number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who bring billions worth of remittances to the country every year may dwindle in the years to come because of the increasing threat from AIDS and Human Immunodeficiency Virus or the HIV virus, a lawmaker warned on Saturday.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) is investigating if there are other individuals who may have received donated blood found to be positive for the AIDS-causing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), an official said yesterday.