HIV-AIDS

More than four million people from poor and middle-income countries received HIV/AIDS treatment in 2008, marking a tenfold increase in access to medication over five years, a UN report said Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday warned the public not to rely on the newly developed anti-HIV vaccine and advised people to instead use condoms or abstain from sex to avoid the deadly disease.

BANGKOK: An experimental AIDS vaccine has for the first time cut the risk of infection in a “breakthrough” in the quarter-century battle against the deadly epidemic, researchers said on Thursday. The vaccine reduced the risk of being infected by almost a third, they said after the world’s largest vaccine trial of more than 16,000 volunteers,…

The Saudi Arabian government yesterday urged Philippine medical clinics undertaking medical exams for overseas Filipino workers bound for the Middle East to undertake stricter measures in examining OFWs suspected of having the HIV/AIDS disease.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) launched yesterday a survey to determine the extent of the trend of “men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM),” which is changing the landscape of the HIV-AIDS epidemic in the country.

MANILA, Philippines – The residential sector is reportedly showing some signs of recovery after a sluggish first quarter, international property consultant Colliers International said.

MANILA, Philippines—Worried over the growing number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) infected with HIV, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) wants government agencies to build up efforts to heighten awareness of the disease among foreign-bound laborers.

MANILA, Philippines – Alarmed over the rising number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) afflicted with HIV, the country’s largest labor group yesterday pushed for additional funding for intensified anti-HIV campaign.

NUSA DUA — More than 1.5 million women living with HIV in Asia were infected by their husbands or boyfriends and 50 million more are at risk of infection, according to a report released Tuesday.

With more than 1,000 people becoming infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Asia each day, the United Nations Joint Program on HIV-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (UNAIDS) has urged governments to decriminalize consensual adult sexual behavior and drug use.

About one-third of HIV-positive adults have recently engaged in sexual behavior that could put others at risk for infection, but the factors associated with such behavior differ for women, heterosexual men, and men who have sex with men, according to a new study.

The government of Saudi Arabia is pushing for an intensified HIV testing for all Filipino workers bound for Middle East countries in view of the rising number of AIDS cases all over the world.

MANILA, Philippines — Clinics screening overseas Filipino workers for work in the Middle East have pledged to institute stricter testing procedures amid reports of a rising number of OFWs with HIV/AIDS abroad, an industry group said.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) reported yesterday that the number of Filipinos infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has increased this year, with most cases coming from the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) sector.

THE UN Development Program on Thursday said the Philippines has not done enough to curb the rise of HIV infections in this largely conservative Roman Catholic nation of 90 million people.

The UN Development Program said on Tuesday that it would help the Philippines fight rising HIV infections, which reached record monthly levels for the country this year.

MANILA, Philippines(AFP)— The UN Development Programme said Tuesday it will help the Philippines fight rising HIV infections, which reached record monthly levels for the country this year.

This week, governments, workers and employers representing the ILO’s 183 member States begin a two-year process during which they will discuss a ground-breaking draft labour standard on HIV/AIDS in the world of work. ILO Online asked ILO/AIDS Director Dr. Sophia Kisting to explain the significance of this development, and how a new labour standard would…

The number of Filipinos affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has dramatically increased since the turn of the millennium, the United Nations Development Program reported Wednesday.

STI rates have been increasing among people over 45. Middle-aged people are continuing to take an irresponsible attitude to their sexual health, say

MANILA, Philippines – Filipina overseas workers employed in the Arab region face a high risk of being infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) which causes AIDS or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, a study conducted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said.

The province of Albay has posted the highest number of reported cases of Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) in the Bicol region as of last month, a non-government group that monitors the state of the region’s reproductive health yesterday said.