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Suplay ng antiretroviral drugs mula sa DOH, kinakapos umano

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 11:49 PM

Inireklamo ng ilang na-diagnose na may HIV ang kakulangan umano ng suplay ng gamot mula sa Department of Health. Read more »

HIV advocates complain of alleged shortage of free medicine

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 08:51 AM

The new HIV-AIDS Policy Act guarantees free access to anti-retroviral treatment for all human immunodeficiency virus patients. Read more »

Confidentiality assured: Unpacking the new HIV-AIDS law

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 11 12:38 PM

MANILA - Confidentiality and privacy is upheld in the reinforced law on the government response to the growing number of Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV-AIDS) cases in the country, the law's main proponent said Friday.  Read more »

Duterte signs HIV-AIDS law

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 06:06 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law that seeks to strengthen government response to the growing number of Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV-AIDS) cases in the country, Palace officials said Wednesday. Read more »

Social media apps, dapat bang sisihin sa 'paglaganap' ng HIV/AIDS sa Pinas?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 09:39 PM

Kung sa ibang bahagi ng mundo ay matagal nang bumababa ang bilang ng mga bagong kaso ng HIV/AIDS, sa Pilipinas naman ay pataas nang pataas ang bilang nito. Read more »

Elton John: We must break HIV/AIDS stigma

Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Dec 04 05:26 AM

LONDON - Too many people are still contracting HIV and dying of AIDS-related illnesses due to stigma and a lack of access to information and testing, Elton John said on Monday. Read more »

WHO: Bilang ng HIV cases sa Pinas, patuloy na tumataas

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 03 10:16 PM

Kahit marami sa Pilipinas ang support groups at may mga pasilidad na nagbibigay ng libreng gamot, patuloy pa rin ang pagtaas ng bilang ng mga nagkakaroon ng HIV.  Read more »

New cases of HIV rise in Eastern Europe, decline in the West

Reuters
Posted at Nov 28 08:31 AM

Almost 160,000 people were diagnosed in Europe with HIV, which causes AIDS, according to data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the World Health Organization's regional office for Europe. Read more »

DOH: Kaso ng HIV ngayong taon, higit 8,500

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 01:14 AM

Inaasahang maisasabatas na ang panukala kaugnay sa mas matibay na pagtugon ng gobyerno laban sa HIV at AIDS. Read more »

Testing crucial in fight against HIV

Anna Gabrielle Cerezo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 06:40 AM

HIV & AIDS Support House, in collaboration with the Pink Film Festival, is conducting free HIV testing at UPFI Film Center-Cine Adarna on November 19-21, from 2-9 p.m.  Read more »

IN PHOTOS: Scenes during launch of AirAsia, (RED) partnership in fight vs HIV

Erik Tenedero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 04:32 PM

The bid to end HIV in Southeast Asia has been taken to new heights as airline giant AirAsia and non-profit organization (RED) announced their collaboration to raise funds and awareness against the virus.   Read more »

Red revolution: AirAsia, (RED) team up in fight vs HIV

Erik Tenedero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 15 09:24 AM

AirAsia, one of the world’s best-known low-cost carrier, and (RED), a global non-profit organization, have joined forces in a bid to fight HIV/AIDS in Southeast Asia.  Read more »

HIV/AIDS Policy Act, pirma na lang ni Duterte ang kulang

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 02:42 AM

Pirma na lang ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang kailangan para maisabatas ang panukalang magpapalakas sa polisiya ng gobyerno laban sa paglaganap ng HIV at AIDS. Read more »

First PH young adult novel tackling HIV/AIDS launched

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 08:41 PM

Over a snack of sliders and sweets, young and old readers listened to a young man read a passage from the book “Mga Batang Poz.” Read more »

UN summit on TB seeks to put spotlight on killer disease

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 24 01:52 PM

UNITED NATIONS - It's the world's number one killer among infectious diseases, but tuberculosis has been eclipsed by HIV/AIDS as a focus of global attention and donor funding.  Read more »

Catriona Gray, adbokasiya ang laban kontra HIV/AIDS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 03:30 AM

Ilang buwan bago ang Miss Universe 2018, kapalagayang-loob na ni Catriona Gray ang ilan niyang kapwa-kandidata. Read more »

Men with same-sex partners 28 times more likely to get HIV- UN

Hugo Greenhalgh, Reuters
Posted at Jul 18 04:49 PM

Men with same-sex sexual partners are 28 times more likely to contract HIV than their heterosexual counterparts despite a radical reduction in new infections among gay men in Western countries, a UN report said on Wednesday. Read more »

AIDS awareness in Baguio

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 08:01 PM

Baguio health officials mark International AIDS Candlelight Memorial with their patients at the Social Hygiene Clinic at the Baguio Health Center on Thursday.  Read more »

Senate OKs bill seeking to strengthen HIV-AIDS policy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 21 06:23 PM

MANILA - The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to reform the country's 20-year-old legal framework and approach towards the prevention and control of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS). Read more »

Mga empleyado ng DOH at WHO, sumailalim sa rapid HIV test

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 12 04:50 AM

Ito'y bilang pakikiisa sa International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day sa susunod na lingo. Read more »