HIV-AIDS

CEBU, Philippines – Department of Health-7 (DOH-7) yesterday started its recruitment of 60 college students, who are at least on their second year, especially those who took up medical courses such as Nursing and Physical Therapy and with good communication skills.

Filipinos have been familiar with HIV and AIDS since the 1980s. Remember movies made about Sarah Jane Salazar and Dolzura Cortez? Even so, the knowledge of the existence of this condition did not alarm most people at the time. The Philippines was thought to be a low-prevalence country, compared to other countries especially in Africa.…

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) may have opposing views on the use of condoms, but they agree on other ways to prevent the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the country.

CEBU, Philippines – The Department of Health announced yesterday that they have recorded 74 new cases of individuals infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Cebu City just in the first three months of this year.

For people and institutions that believe condoms are evil and cannot stop the spread of HIV/AIDs, let them listen to what the World Health Organization says. The STAR issue of Tuesday (March 23, page 6) stated that condoms could prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and other specially transmitted diseases. This report came on the heels…

When she was named as the new Health chief early this year, Esparanza Cabral was introduced to a shocking figure on HIV-AIDS infection in the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines – The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday came to the rescue of Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral by giving assurance that condoms can prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.

THE World Health Organization on Monday backed a government campaign to promote the use of condoms to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS, but over strong objections from the Catholic Church.

Quezon City (22 March) — Employers and trade unions are in a position to bring down the number of HIV and AIDS cases.

There was a sharp increase in the number of diagnosed HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) cases in the country in the last three years, the Department of Health said on Friday.

THE Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) will soon release guidelines for companies on how to address the occurrence of Human immunodeficiency virus/Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/Aids) in the workplace.

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My articles on artificial contraceptives never fail to elicit controversies. Sometimes there are even “violent” reactions that have nothing to do at all with the realities and the facts brought out and backed up by research and studies. Obviously these reactions come from people who could not accept anything contrary to what they have already…

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay, Philippines – Local government units’ (LGUs) should exercise political will in implementing best practices to stop the spread of HIV or the human immuno-deficiency virus, which leads to the fatal AIDS, an official of the Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC) said.

About 28 percent of young Filipinos think that acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) caused by HIV is a curable disease.

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In the parish where I grew up in Quezon City, the latest scandal involves one of the local clerics making a choir member pregnant. The matter has been complicated by the fact that the young woman also has a boyfriend who is not a member of the clergy and who has since been threatening to…

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MANILA, Philippines – “Joseph Ryan,” a former call center agent who contracted the human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV), asked the public not to judge his previous profession.

INTRAVENOUS illegal drug users have been included in a campaign against the spread of HIV/AIDS in Cebu City, a health official said.

At a recent forum organized by the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines, the people who want to lead this country into the future took turns lambasting the Department of Health for distributing condoms in line with its HIV/AIDS prevention program last Valentines Day at the Dangwa terminal, Metro Manila’s main flower market.

MANILA, Philippines – The powerful Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines on Monday urged the Department of Health to call for a national summit of various stakeholders to discuss the rising number of HIV-AIDS cases in the country.

Many Filipinos lack adequate knowledge about the transmission and acquisition of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, Ferchito Avelino, the executive director of the Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC), said on Sunday. “Filipinos have many misconceptions about the disease [AIDS], some even think that it can be acquired through mosquito bites, which is completely untrue,”…

So far I have buried two friends, and from the looks of it, I will soon be burying friend number 3. I don’t especially enjoy funerals, but what makes them worse is watching someone die a slow death. It’s that kind of death that resembles watching once famous buildings slowly decay, crumble and finally fall…

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government on Sunday defended its policy of distributing free condoms to mark Valentine’s Day after influential senior church officials labeled it “vulgar”.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will intensify its campaign against HIV/AIDS in workplaces amid rising cases of the fatal disease in the past few years.

LABOR CHIEF REITERATES MANILA, Philippines—HIV testing cannot be a requirement for employment, Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said in a statement e-mailed to media outfits.

MANILA, Philippines – Though more gay and bisexual call center workers are getting infected with HIV due to unprotected sex, according to a study by the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), health experts say there is inconclusive data to prove that call centers are “breeding grounds” of HIV.

LEGAZPI CITY—The Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC) has noted a steady increase in the number of infections involving the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes the deadly AIDS, with at least one case reported every three days.

MANILA, Philippines – The provincial health office in Negros Occidental on Friday reported an increased number of HIV/AIDS cases recorded in 2009.