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DOH says Ilocos Region has 296 new HIV cases

THE Department of Health (DOH) in Ilocos Region has reported additional 296 new HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) cases recorded from January 1, 2023 to...

Ending AIDS pandemic

"There are now an estimated 164,400 people living with HIV in the country and 24,400 new infections are estimated to be added in 2022...

MSF says HIV drug deal on ice over pharma firm’s price secrecy

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Thursday a deal aimed to bring long-term preventative HIV treatment to vulnerable populations was on hold after the drugmaker...

UN: PH still high on HIV/AIDS list

The Philippines is among the top countries in the Asia Pacific where cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections have rebounded in the last...

1,292 new HIV cases in Feb., 56 were teens, kids

The Department of Health (DOH) logged 1,292 HIV cases in February, with 56 teens and kids contracting the virus. Among the cases involving teens and...

HIV patients urged to get treatments

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is urging patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to avail of outpatient treatments. In a statement, PhilHealth...

Doctors, nurses walk the runway to raise funds for HIV patients

Doctors and nurses at a Laguna-based medical facility have staged a fashion show to raise funds for patients afflicted with human immunodeficiency syndrome or...

New WHO guidelines on HIV, hepatitis, and STIs 

By Windie Khyla Pultam Some of the life-threatening diseases that the world has been grappling with are the same ones that health experts have been...

Amid COVID, Pinoys face HIV scourge

HIV remains a “silent epidemic” as Filipinos continue to battle the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report. In 2021, the Department of Health (DOH) said...

29% of drug users have HIV—Defensor

At least 29 out of every 100 Filipinos who inject illegal drugs and who have themselves voluntarily tested for the human immunodeficiency virus are...

Durex calls people to #ComeTogether against a new deadly pandemic

With over two years in lockdown brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, there is another pandemic that the public needs to be concerned about. UNAIDS...

Pregnant women, kids not spared by HIV—Defensor

11The country’s raging human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic has not spared pregnant women and children, Anakalusugan party-list Rep. Michael Defensor said on Sunday. Citing figures...

Fresh HIV surge in PH feared, says Defensor

Rep. Michael Defensor (Anakalusugan) has warned that the Philippines could see a fresh surge in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in the years ahead...

Elijah Canlas, Boys Night Out, and health experts talk about HIV and safe sex

Award-winning actor Elijah Canlas answers questions many people are shy to ask in a video series about safe sex and HIV.  Canlas joins the boys...
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