HIV-AIDS

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 293 new cases of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency (HIV-AIDS) last December, bringing to 3,338 the cases in 2012.

MANILA, Philippines — Despite an upsurge in HIV-AIDS cases in the country, doctors who have joined the battle against the dreaded sexually transmitted disease are not recommending passage of a law that would penalize carriers for infecting other people.

“GETTING TO ZERO” new HIV infections and zero deaths from AIDS-related illnesses may sound difficult to achieve but significant progress in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS is providing hope for patients and their families.

The study has been released to coincide with World Aids Day A clinical trial had shown benefits of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment before. But this trial, reported in the Lancet, is the first “real-life” public health programme of its kind.

MANILA, Philippines – The last time I saw Sarah Jane Salazar was weeks before her death at the National Center for Mental Health where she was confined for a psychological disorder emanating from her HIV infection. She was delirious, but she remembered who I was. She asked if I was there to interview her, and…

MANILA, Philippines—The United Nations (UN) warned on Friday that the Philippines was not on target to meet its Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of stopping the spread of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the country.

MANILA, Philippines—The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged countries in the Western Pacific, including the Philippines, to do more in the fight against the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people.

PRESS RELEASE UNAIDS reports a more than 50% drop in new HIV infections across 25 countries as countries approach the 1000 day deadline to achieve global AIDS targets In addition, the number of people with access to antiretroviral therapy increased by 63% in the last 24 months—AIDS-related deaths fell by more than 25% between 2005…

The number of HIV/AIDS cases in the Philippines increased by 25 percent in the span of 10 years despite the 50 percent drop in the rate of infection worldwide, a United Nations (UN) report released on Wednesday shows.

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – New incidents of HIV infections across 25 low- and middle-income countries dropped by more than 50% in a decade (2001 to 2011), according to the 2012 Global Report of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, or UNAIDS.

An end to the worldwide AIDS epidemic is in sight, the United Nations says, mainly due to better access to drugs that can both treat and prevent the incurable human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes the disease. Progress over the past decade has cut the death toll and helped stabilise the number of people infected…

A United Nations report says the number of AIDS-related deaths worldwide has fallen for the fifth year in a row to 1.7 million people in 2011. That’s down 5.6 per cent from 2010 and 24 per cent when compared with 2005. The annual report by UNAIDS on the state of the global pandemic estimates the…

New HIV infections have dropped more than 50% in 25 low- and middle-income countries, according to a new World AIDS Day report by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

A NOTABLE increase of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) in September.

MANILA, Philippines – Last September, the Department of Health (DOH) recorded 316 HIV cases, the highest ever since the country started recording such cases in 1984. The DOH’s Philippine HIV and AIDS Registry showed that the new cases have raised to 2,466 the number of cases this year and to 10,830 since the registry was…

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 316 new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were recorded by the STD/AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory (SACCL) of the Department of Health (DoH) last September, it was reported yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Rappler hosted a Google Hangout on its homepage on Wednesday, October 31, entitled “#HIVTalk: Take the Test.” Guests included Jericho Paterno of Pinoy Plus, a care and support group for People Living with HIV (PLHIV). Paterno, a former migrant worker, has been living with HIV for the last 9 years. Also on…

A Roman Catholic Church leader attacked on Wednesday as “morally unacceptable” a United Nation’s proposal to legalize prostitution in the Philippines to stop the spread of the deadly AIDS disease and said the government should create decent jobs for Filipino women instead.

A recent discovery in South Africa could herald a new approach to combating HIV and AIDS and creating an AIDS vaccine. A “unique change” in the outer covering of the human immunodeficiency virus found in two HIV-positive women enabled them to generate antibodies that can kill up to 88 percent of HIV types from around…

MANILA, Philippines – The exponential rise in HIV cases in the country may be traced back to social media and use of injecting drugs.

MANILA, Philippines—Six Philippine cities are most at risk for the spread of the dreaded human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS) virus, according to the Department of Health.

Online social networking contributes to the rise in the cases of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the country, according to a study conducted by the Department of Health.

(Updated 4:40 p.m.) If the United Nations will have its way, soliciting sex or paying for it in the Asia and the Pacific region will no longer risk imprisonment. In a recent report, the UN recommended the decriminalization of the world’s oldest profession to help curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, especially HIV.

A list of some of the most outrageous claims of finding a cure to AIDS Gambia President Yahya Jammeh has claimed that he can effectively cure HIV/AIDS with an herbal concoction. An October 9 Global Times article reported that Jammeh pronounced 68 people cured using the remedy. The World Health Organization and the United Nations…

WHAT can be done to lower the rise of new cases with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the country? The National Epidemiology Center recorded 278 persons diagnosed with HIV last July. This is 36 percent more than the 204 cases reported in July 2011.

MORE overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are being infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), according to the Department of Health (DOH). The agency’s latest data surveillance showed that in August 2012 alone, 25 HIV cases were reported. Of this number, 18 of the victims were men and seven were women.

The number of units of donated blood contaminated with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) rose by 18 percent this year, according to data from the latest Philippine HIV/AIDS Registry.

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth) said over 2,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been found positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In a news release, Philhealth said the 25 new cases detected in August brought to 2,010 the number of OFWs with HIV, which kills or damages the body’s immune system cells.

MANILA, Philippines – Around 272 more Filipinos tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in August, Department of Health data showed. The DOH’s National Epidemiology Center said this marked a 39 percent increase from the 196 detected in the same month in 2011.

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Sept. 12, 2012) – The Human Development Empowerment Services (HDES) In Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines has recorded 47 cases of the dreaded human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS) since early this year.