HIV and AIDS

Orientation
 2011 Global Estimated HIV Cases

34 Million PLHIVs
Sub-Saharan
Africa*
23.5 million South & South-
[22.1 – 24.8 million] East Asia*
4.0 million
[3.1 – 5.2 million]

*Regions with the highest number of actual cases

Sources:
At the crossroads of an epidemic

The Philippines is one of the

nine countries with increasing
25 percent prevalence
The other country are Bangladesh, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova and Sri Lanka
Source : UNAIDS Global Report 2012
The Philippine AIDS Registry
March 2014
March 2014 - AIDS Registry
Quick Facts
March 2014 - AIDS Registry
Number of New HIV Cases per Month (2011-2014)
March 2014 - AIDS Registry
Number of HIV/AIDS Cases Reported in the Philippines by
Year, Jan 1984 to March 2014 (N=17,948)
March 2014 - AIDS Registry
Comparison of the Distribution of Male and Female HIV Cases
by Age-Group and Certain Highlighted Years
March 2014 - AIDS Registry
Reported Mode of HIV Transmission
Geographic Distribution
March 2014 - AIDS Registry
Demographic Distribution (1984 – 2014)
March 2014 - AIDS Registry
Reported Mode of HIV Transmission Among OFWs
March 2014 - AIDS Registry
Number of Confirmed HIV Positive Blood Units

Month 2014
January 40
February 29
March 45
Filipinos on ARV
As of March 2014 – 18 Treatment Hub
• 6,168 Filipino on Antiretroviral Therapy (ARV)
 6,148 – Adult regimen
 20 – pediatric regimen
Antiretroviral Drugs
 HIV
• HUMAN – the virus can infect only human beings

• IMMUNO-DEFICIENCY – the effect of the virus is

to create a deficiency (a failure to work properly)
within the body’s immune system

• VIRUS – This organism is a retrovirus, which

means it can reproduce itself by taking over the
machinery of the human cell
 AIDS
• AQUIRED – the infection may be transmitted from one
person to another

• IMMUNE – the immune system is compromised

• DEFICIENCY – The body can no longer fight off

infections; individual may suffer from two or more
opportunistic infections

• SYNDROME – The person would experience a

collection of symptoms which could be fatal
3, 4, 5
 3 MODES OF TRANSMISSION
• PAKIKIPAG-TALIK NG WALANG PROTEKSYON
(UNPROTECTED PENTRATIVE SEX)
– BIBIG (ORAL)
– PUERTA (VAGINAL)
– PWET (ANAL)

• PAGSALIN NG DUGONG NA MAY HIV (TRANSFER

OF INFECTED BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS)

• INFECTED MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION

 4 BODY FLUIDS
With high concentration of HIV

• DUGO (BLOOD)

• TAMOD (SEMEN)

• HEMA (VAGINAL FLUIDS)

• GATAS NG INA (BREASTMILK)

 5 WAYS TO PREVENT HIV TRANSMISSION

• A – ABSTINENCE
• B – BE MUTUALLY FAITHFUL
• C – CORRECT AND CONSISTENT CONDOM USE
• D – DO NOT USE ALCOHOL OR DRUGS
• E – EDUCATION AND EARLY DETECTION
 PRINCIPLES OF TRANSMISSION

• E – EXIT: where the virus leaves the body (blood,

semen, vaginal fluid, breast milk)

• S – SUFFICIENCY OF QUANTITY: the amount of

virus sufficient to cause infection

• S – SURVIVAL: The ability of the virus or

microorganism to thrive in an environment

• E – ENTRY: where the virus enters the body

HIV Myths and misconception
1. Sharing eating utensils with an HIV.
2. Hugging kissing, or shaking hands with someone
who is HIV.
3. Using the same toilet seat or doorknob handle
after an HIV.
4. Swimming in the pool.
5. Mosquitoes and other blood sucking insects.
6. Sitting next to someone with HIV.
7. Saliva, tears, and sweat.
8. Coughing and sneezing
 18 Treatment Hubs
Baguio General Hospital (CAR) Cagayan Valley Medical Center
(II)

Ilocos Training & Reg Med. Ctr (I) Jose B. Lingad Memorial Medical
Center (III)

Phil. General Hospital (NCR) Bicol Reg. Training & Teaching

Hosp (V)
San Lazaro Hospital (NCR)
Eastern Visayas Regional Medical
Center (VIII)
RITM (NCR)
Vicente Sotto Mem. Med. Ctr
(VII)
Makati Med Ctr (NCR)
Gov. Celestino Gallares Mem
The Medical City (NCR) Hosp (VII)

Western Visayas Med. Ctr (VI)

Corazon Locsin Montelibano

Mem. Reg Hospital (VI)
Davao Medical Center (XI)
Zamboanga City Med. Ctr (IX)

Northern Mindanao Medical

Center (X)
National Center for Disease Prevention and
Control
Famous Filipinos with HIV
1. Dolzura Cortez
2. Sarah Jane Salazar
3. Rodel Naval
4. Wanggo Gallaga
Famous International Personalities
with HIV

Earvin “Magic” Johnson Greg Louganis Freddie Mercury

Famous Basketball Player Olympic Gold Medalist - Diving Queen

Rock Hudson Howard Ashman Arthur Ashe

Famous Actor Talented Playwright, lyricist and Famous Tennis player
director
Best Original song for “Beauty
and the Beast” during OSCAR
Republic Act No. 8504
Complete Title

An Act Promulgating Policies and

Prescribing Measures for the Prevention
and Control of HIV/AIDS in the
Philippines, Instituting a Nationwide
HIV/AIDS Information and Educational
Program, Establishing a Comprehensive
HIV/AIDS Monitoring System,
Strengthening the Philippine National
AIDS Council, and for other Purposes
Short Title

Philippine AIDS Prevention

and Control Act of 1998
RA 8504
• EDUCATION AND INFORMATION
• SAFE PRACTICES & PROCEDURES
• TESTING, SCREENING & COUNSELING
– VOLUNTARY
– PRE & POST TEST COUNSELING
• HEALTH & SUPPORT SERVICES
• MONITORING
• CONFIDENTIALITY
• DISCRIMINATORY ACTS AND POLICIES
• PNAC
RA 8504
• HIV/AIDS Test Results – All results of HIV/AIDS testing shall be confidential
and shall be released only to the
a) person who submitted himself/herself to such a test;
b) either parent of a minor child who has been tested;
c) a legal guardian in the case of insane persons or orphans;
d) a person authorized to receive such results in conjunction with the
AIDSWATCH program as provided in Section 27 of this Act;
e) a justice of the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court, as provided
under subsection (c) of this Act and in accordance with the provision
of Section 16 hereof.
RA 8504
• Medical Confidentiality – refers to the relationship of trust
and confidence created or existing between a patient or a
person with HIV and his attending physician, consulting
medical specialist, nurse, medical technologist and all other
health workers or personnel involved in any counselling,
testing or professional care of the former; it also applies to
any person who, in any official capacity, has acquired or may
have acquired such confidential information.
• Voluntary HIV Testing – refers to HIV testing done on an
individual who, after having undergone pre-test counselling,
willingly submits himself/herself to such a test
The PNAC
Function

The central advisory, planning and

policy-making body for the
comprehensive and integrated HIV &
AIDS prevention and control program in
the country
The PNAC: Membership & Composition

• 17 Government
Organizations (GOs)
• Representatives from 6
Non- Government
Organizations (NGOs)
• Representatives from 2
Medical/Health
Professional groups
• A representative of
PLHIVs
HOW WILL YOU KNOW IF A PERSON HAS HIV?

HIV TESTING
HAVE YOU HAD YOURSELF TESTED?
HIV Testing (Icon Clinic Process)
1. Client Profile Intake
2. Pre-test counseling
3. Blood extraction
4. Release of result
a. Non-reactive – release result with
post-test counseling
b. Reactive – for confirmatory within two
weeks
c. Release of Positive result with post-
test counseling with referral to
medical specialist and treatment hub
Terminologies
Past terminology Preferred terminology
HIV/AIDS; HIV and AIDS Use the term that is most specific and appropriate in the context to
avoid confusion between HIV (a virus) and AIDS (a clinical
syndrome). Both ‘HIV epidemic’ and ‘AIDS epidemic’ are acceptable
but HIV epidemic is a more inclusive term.
Example using HIV
people living with HIV, HIV prevalence, HIV prevention, HIV testing
and counseling, HIV-related disease
Example using AIDS
AIDS diagnosis, children orphaned by AIDS, AIDS response,
national AIDS programme, AIDS service organization
AIDS virus There is no AIDS virus. The virus that causes AIDS is the HIV (human
immunodeficiency virus). Please note that ‘virus’ is the phase ‘HIV
virus’ is redundant. Use HIV.

Source: UNAIDS Terminology Guidelines (October 2011)

Terminologies
Past terminology Preferred terminology
AIDS-infected No one is infected with AIDS; AIDS is not an infectious agent. Avoid
‘HIV-infected’ in favour of people living with HIV or HIV-positive
person (if serostatus is known).
AIDS test There is no test for AIDS. Use HIV test or HIV antibody test. For early
infant diagnois, HIV antigen tests are used.
AIDS victim Use person living with HIV. The word ‘victim’ is disempowering. Use
AIDS only when referring to a person with a clinical diagnosis of AIDS.
AIDS patient Use the term ‘patient’ only when referring to a clinical setting. Use
patient with HIV-related illness (or disease) as this covers the full
spectrum of HIV-associated clinical conditions.
Risk of AIDS Use ‘risk of HIV infection’ or ‘risk of exposure to HIV’ (unless
referring to behaviours or conditions that increase the risk of disease
progression in an HIV-positive person)
Fight against AIDS Use response to AIDS or AIDS response.
Source: UNAIDS Terminology Guidelines (October 2011)
Terminologies
Past terminology Preferred terminology
High(er) risk Use key populations at higher risk (both key to the epidemic’s
groups; vulnerable dynamics and key to the response). Key populations are distinct from
groups vulnerable populations, which are subject to societal pressures or social
circumstances that may make them more vulnerable to exposure to
infections, including HIV.
Commercial sex work This says the same thing twice in different words. Preferred terms are
sex work, commercial sex. Or the sale of sexual services.
Prostitute or These words should not be used. For adults, use terms such as sex
prostitution work, sex worker, commercial sex, transactional sex, or the sale of
sexual services. When children are involved, refer to commercial sexual
exploitation of children.
Intravenous drug user Drugs are injected subcutaneously, intramuscularly, or intravenously.
Use person who injects drugs to place emphasis on the person first. A
broader term that may apply in some situations is person who uses
drugs.
Source: UNAIDS Terminology Guidelines (October 2011)
AIDS Society of the Philippines, Inc.
The AIDS Society of the Philippines (ASP) is a leading association
of individuals from the government, non-government agencies,
and the private sector, with a common unifying interest in
preventing the spread of HIV and AIDS. As a membership
organization, it counts among its members, experts and
professionals from diverse fields such as health and
development, infectious diseases, public health, business, and
media and communications.

ASP was established in 1996 by its Founding President, Dr. Ofelia

T. Monzon, who pioneered investigative studies on HIV/AIDS at
the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Alabang,
Muntinlupa.
Board of Trustee

Left to Right
1st row – Karl Agbulos, Diana Mendoza, Dr. Carlos Calica
2nd row – Nelia Dychinco Sevidal, Dr. Luis Gatmaitan
3rd row – Dr. Jose Narciso Melchor Sescon, Dr. Rosaio Jessica Tactacan-Abrenica
Activities

ASP Webshow
“After Hours”
Biennial Philippine National
AIDS Convention 2012
 International AIDS
Candlelight Memorial 2013
World AIDS Day 2012
Conduct appreciation lecture on
HIV and AIDS on private company
ASP Volunteer Programme
Mission
To provide technical expertise and facilitate
information and resource exchange among
stakeholders and communities to reduce HIV infection
in the Philippines through:

• Knowledge Management
• Capacity-building
• Partnership and Membership Building
• Resource Mobilization, and
• Advocacy
Vision
The Philippines’ leading movement on HIV and AIDS
prevention and control with professionals and
advocates working synergistically to reduce the impact
of the disease and promote quality of life.
Core Values (Principles)
INTEGRITY
ASP is a professional organization that abides by the principles of
accountability, transparency, and responsibility in dealing with its various
stakeholders
EXCELLENCE
We deliver excellent and responsive services in an effective and efficient
manner
COMPASSION
We serve our clients, partners and other significant stakeholders with quality
care and compassion
RESPECT
We respect and value each stakeholder’s involvement, contribution and
engagement in HIV and AIDS prevention and control
CREATIVITY
We constantly develop and integrate creative and innovative approaches in
our various programs and activities for HIV prevention and control
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