By PATRICK KING PASCUAL AS the country commemorates World AIDS Day today (December 1), the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is set to begin a formal review of its benefit package for people living with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), or PLHIVs. “We are currently reviewing the Outpatient HIV/AIDS Treatment (OHAT) Package, the implementation of
By DIANA G. MENDOZA “IF you don’t take risks, you won’t win.” “If you never try, you’ll never know.” The many twists and takes to these motivational lines have permeated even into people’s sexual adventures, with consequences probably meaningful to some, but not to others. Health experts said rampant risk-taking in unhealthy sexual practices
By PATRICK KING PASCUAL “DENVER” (not his real name) is HIV-positive. He has been an outpatient at one of the HIV/AIDS treatment hubs in Manila for seven years already. And he just learned recently that he can avail some benefits and privileges from the government. “I cannot blame them for not orienting us, the
By DIANA G. MENDOZA DOLZURA. Esther. Kathy. Sarah Jane. The country’s first reported case of AIDS in 1984 was an unidentified male, but by this list of names alone, it was the females who gave a public face to HIV and AIDS in the Philippines. The first wave of HIV infections recorded in the
By PATRICK KING PASCUAL The first day of December is World’s AIDS Day. People observe World’s AIDS Day remembering the people who have lost their lives because of HIV and AIDS. Remembering means learning about the virus and the disease. HIV stands for the human immunodeficiency virus that infects human being and leads to
HEALTH Secretary Enrique T. Ona said Wednesday the increase in Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in the Philippines is alarming and requires a more focused approach to reverse it.
By PATRICK KING PASCUAL
DEC. 1 is World AIDS Day.
In the Philippines, World AIDS Day is commemorated with concern that the number of HIV cases and deaths from AIDS-related illnesses continues to rise although on the decline in other parts of the world.
NEW cases of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the country reached an all-time high of 204 in July this year, the highest number of new cases recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) in a month to date.
By JOSEPH HOLANDES UBALDE
TAGAYTAY CITY -- Fifty-three percent of injecting drug users (IDU) in Cebu City have tested positive for HIV, the Department of Health said Thursday.
By JOSEPH HOLANDES UBALDE
TAGAYTAY CITY -- Despite provisions in the controversial reproductive health bill that will educate teens about safe sex and responsible parenting, a health official said the measure is no panacea against two of the country’s ills.