HIV-AIDS

MANILA, Philippines – More units of donated blood have been found to be positive for the AIDS-causing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the Department of Health (DOH) reported yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – The National HIV and AIDS Registry has listed 6,326 cases in the country, including the 159 new infections diagnosed in February, a party-list lawmaker said Friday.

Asia is falling short on HIV/AIDS treatment as almost 400,000 new cases are reported each year, Australia’s Ambassador on HIV/AIDS, Murray Proctor, says.

A LAWMAKER has warned government agencies against blacklisting or committing any highly discriminatory acts against persons who are infected with or suspected to be infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AIDS.

HIV/AIDS cases in the country has increased by more than 100 a month for the past 14 months, prompting the Department of Health (DOH) to reiterate its call against complacency towards the disease.

Injecting drug users behind rising HIV/Aids cases CEBU CITY, Mar 9 (PIA) – Health officials are alarmed over the rising cases of the dreaded human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Cebu due to drug use as the Department of Health (DOH) recently gathered partner agencies and stakeholders in a consultative meeting to address the public health…

HIV infections in the Philippines are “increasing at an alarming rate” especially among adolescents and this has been attributed to their increasing use of social media, according to the latest report of the Department of Health (DOH).

MANILA, 8 March 2011 (PlusNews) – Newly reported HIV infections among young people have increased 10-fold in the past three years in the Philippines, one of only seven countries worldwide where overall infections continue to climb, according to the government.

While we were not looking, a future epidemic was fast developing and threatening lives, especially of the adolescents. A recent report released by the National Epidemioloy Center reveals that HIV, or what is better known as auto-immune deficiency syndrome or AIDS, has increased tenfold in the last four years. In 2006 only 44 Filipinos were…

WITH the alarming rate of young people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the Department of Education (DepEd) said that there is a need for a more active approach to the issue which is regarded as an “educational emergency.”

MANILA, Philippines – More focus in reaching adolescents is needed, said UNICEF, as investing in the world’s 1.2 billion adolescents can break cycles of poverty and inequity, and reduce the risk of HIV in the country.

A STUDY on the infection rates of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) revealed that the Philippines is one of seven countries that have seen an increase in such cases, which now involve people as young as 15.

The Department of Health (DOH) said the rise in the number of Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases among Filipino adolescents could become “tomorrow’s epidemic.”

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines has obtained about $20.4 million (about P890 million) in grants from the Global Fund to boost its not-so successful campaign to halt the spread of the dreaded HIV-AIDS disease.

Despite appeals from the Catholic Church, Cebu City health officials are distributing some 10,000 condoms reportedly to prevent the spread of human immunodeficiency virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines—The Department of Health’s regional office in Eastern Visayas, DoH-8, has recorded four new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in the region.

Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) – Bad news for lovers: On Valentine’s Day, the Department of Health (DoH) of the Philippines won’t be around to give away free condoms to couples assailed by temptations.

The Department of Health (DOH) has registered 174 cases of HIV I December 2010, the highest number of cases reported in a month since the agency opened the Philippine HIV and AIDS registry in 1984.

A 28-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who arrived in Cebu last month has tested positive of the dreaded human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the first confirmed HIV case this year.

THE UNITED NATIONS Development Programme (UNDP) will provide a total of $18 million in assistance to the Philippines this year, a bulk of which will be alloted to environmental projects, the agency’s top official in the country said at the sidelines of an international biodiversity conference in Pasay City yesterday.

A UNAIDS official noted Friday that the Philippines is lagging in its commitment to combat HIV/AIDs — one of seven nations in the world, and only of two in the Asia-Pacific region, where the incidence rate of HIV infections increased by over 25%. However, the political will to implement a comprehensive, cooperative and inclusive health…

Persons suffering from HIV/AIDS increased rapidly by 25 percent for this year in the Phillippines according to an international expert Steve Kraus of the UNAIDS Regional Support for Asia and the Pacific in meeting with Catholic bishops to discuss role of Christian faith in fighting the dreaded infection.

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 27 (PIA) — Men having sex with Men (MSM) tops the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) registry list as cause of the / Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases in the region.

WASHINGTON—People with HIV are three times as likely to suffer strokes, said a study out Wednesday that has led researchers to question if antiretroviral drugs could be to blame.

CAVITE, Philippines – The Cavite Provincial Health Office (PHO) has recommended the creation of a Council for HIV-AIDS that will oversee year-round the province’s awareness and prevention program for the contagious and incurable disease.

One out of every four Filipinos diagnosed HIV positive is an overseas Filipino worker (OFW). A total of 1,501 overseas Filipino workers have tested HIV positive, and they now comprise 26 per cent of the 5,729 reported cases in the National AIDS Registry as of the end of October, according to data reaching the Trade…

ANGELES CITY health authorities reported 10 new suspected cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Dr. Teresita Esguerra, chief of the social hygiene center of the city health office, also noted an eight percent increase in cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among thousands of women registered as workers in local bars and other tourist-oriented establishments…

THE DEPARTMENT of Health (DoH)-Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC) is lobbying for a new HIV/AIDS prevention bill that will advocate higher budget for PNAC and anti-HIV programs of its 17 member agencies.

CAVITE, Philippines – Officials in Cavite are strengthening their battle against HIV-AIDS by boosting the protection and awareness program following a report from the Department of Health (DoH) that the prevalence of the disease is high in the province.

ANGELES CITY, Philippines  – City health authorities yesterday reported 10 new suspected cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) here.