HIV-AIDS

ONE out of every four Filipinos infected with HIV is an overseas worker, Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) party-list reported Monday. TUCP secretary general and former Sen. Ernesto Herrera revealed that at least 1,501 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are infected with deadly disease, accounting for 26 percent of the 5,729 reported cases in…

CEBU, Philippines – Mass media has long been recognized as an important source of information on HIV/AIDS.

DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines — Pangasinan and Benguet are at the forefront of information campaigns in northern Luzon about AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) and how the (human immunodeficiency virus), the virus which causes it, is transmitted as six new cases were discovered this month in Baguio City.

THE Department of Health yesterday said the younger working population makes up the highest number of HVI cases in the Philippines.

More than 25 percent of the recorded Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-positive patients in the Philippines are overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said.

A 24-YEAR-OLD man who just graduated from a six-month vocational course is the latest to contract the dreaded human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Cebu.

MANILA, Philippines – Department of Health studies show that 92% of all Filipinos infected with HIV in 2010 are males. Around 80% of these people are found to be MSMs, or males having sex with males.

MANILA — The Philippines on Thursday reported a sharp jump in HIV-AIDS cases which runs against a global trend of declining infection rates, with young homosexual men most at risk.

MANILA, Philippines – HIV cases in the Philippines are rising as the epidemic continues. From 835 cases in 2009, HIV cases have reached 1,305 in the first 10 months of this year. The rising number of cases is happening amid a worldwide decline in HIV infection rates.

A landmark study across four continents has shown that a daily dose of an oral antiretroviral drug reduced the number of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections among sexually active gay men by 44 percent, researchers said on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).

VATICAN CITY – In a seismic shift on one of the most profound – and profoundly contentious – Roman Catholic teachings, the Vatican said Tuesday that condoms are the lesser of two evils when used to curb the spread of AIDS, even if their use prevents a pregnancy.

MANILA, Philippines – Amid continuing debate over the use of condoms to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, the Department of Health (DOH) recorded 104 new cases last month.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict’s landmark acknowledgement that condoms are sometimes morally justifiable to stop AIDS can apply to anyone — gays, heterosexuals and transsexuals — if that is the only option to avoid transmitting the HIV virus to others, the Vatican said on Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines—Iloilo Representative Janette Garin said the statement of Pope Benedict XVI on condom use was laudible, but wanting. Why is condom use acceptable among male prostitutes and not among couples who need it as much, asked Garin, a medical doctor and author of one of the reproductive health bills pending in the House of…

CHICAGO – Slight differences in five amino acids in a protein called HLA-B may explain why certain people resist the human immunodeficiency virus, US researchers said on Thursday in a study that lends new clues about how to make a vaccine to prevent AIDS.

Institutes in East Asia have begun an international research programme that aims to develop a new AIDS vacccine as soon as possible.

Davao City, Philippines (15 October) — Advocacy groups have raised alarm on the increasing cases of HIV positive in the country, along with the climbing number of “Men who have sex with Men” (MSM) and transgenders (TG) as the current most-at-risk-population.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is looking at new measures to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other deadly diseases in workplaces.

MANILA, Philippines — Southeast Asia is among the regions that have an increased access to antiretroviral drugs which suppress the HIV virus and stop the progression  of the pandemic disease, a report by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said.

Despite a recent UNAIDS report that sub-Saharan nations are leading the decline in new HIV infections, woman are disproportionately affected by the disease, and future progress could be hampered by a huge funding shortfall.

GENEVA (AFP) – – UN agencies warned on Friday that the world will fail to meet an end-2010 deadline for “universal” access to HIV/AIDS care and treatment, while new crisis-driven funding cuts could unravel any gains.

CEBU, Philippines – Thirteen new cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus have been discovered from July up to last week bringing to 163 the total number of HIV cases recorded in Cebu City since January this year.

TACLOBAN CITY – A meeting was held yesterday at the DOH-8 compound by the Regional Aids Assistance Team to formally tackle the topic regarding the ascending number of STD/HIV/AIDS victims, and to find immediate solutions for this.

PEOPLE WITH HIV TELL TALE OF WOE They are living with a still incurable virus in their blood. But the discrimination they continue to experience from society is even more painful to bear than having the disease.

NEW YORK, 23 September 2010 – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today signed a major agreement, joining forces across Asia and the Pacific region to fight disparities, reduce poverty, and ensure that equitable and sustainable development benefits all children.

PARIS – A vaginal gel failed to protect women against the AIDS virus, doctors said on Monday, reporting on a major clinical trial that enrolled more than 9,000 women.

CEBU, Philippines – Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III is alarmed by the program implemented by the Department of Health (DOH) providing syringes to drug users hoping to pre-vent the spread of the dreaded HIV-AIDS.

A striking 87 percent increase in the number of individuals who tested positive for HIV was reported Friday by the Department of Health (DoH) when it released its surveillance data pointing to 131 new infections in July 2010.

LEGAZPI CITY, Aug. 25 — Health authorities fear some 15,000 new cases of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) will emerge by Christmas of this year as the Philippines accounts for five newly-confirmed HIV-positive Filipinos every five hours.

FEMALE ‘LINGAM’ IN CEBU CITY? It is not just the lingam massage that is gaining popularity in Cebu City. Some female Asian tourists have been flocking to massage parlors in Cebu City that offer a different kind of service called “yoni,” according to Rene Joseph Bullecer of Aids Free Philippines.