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    This document summarizes an HIV/STI prevention program run by the Department of Health in the Philippines. The program aims to reduce HIV and STI transmission among at-risk groups and the general population. Key activities include free voluntary counseling and testing, condom distribution programs, peer education, and community empowerment. The program partners with various government and non-government organizations. Recent accomplishments include developing health policies and building local government capacity. A new law (Republic Act 11166) further strengthens HIV prevention and support services in the country.

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    This document summarizes an HIV/STI prevention program run by the Department of Health in the Philippines. The program aims to reduce HIV and STI transmission among at-risk groups and the general population. Key activities include free voluntary counseling and testing, condom distribution programs, peer education, and community empowerment. The program partners with various government and non-government organizations. Recent accomplishments include developing health policies and building local government capacity. A new law (Republic Act 11166) further strengthens HIV prevention and support services in the country.

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    This document summarizes an HIV/STI prevention program run by the Department of Health in the Philippines. The program aims to reduce HIV and STI transmission among at-risk groups and the general population. Key activities include free voluntary counseling and testing, condom distribution programs, peer education, and community empowerment. The program partners with various government and non-government organizations. Recent accomplishments include developing health policies and building local government capacity. A new law (Republic Act 11166) further strengthens HIV prevention and support services in the country.

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    HIV/STI Prevention

    Program

    Ephraim Joseph T. Falcunit


    Post Graduate Medical Intern - BIHMI
    STI
    (SEXUALLY
    TRANSMITTED
    INFECTION)
    S.T.I.
    1. Rate of sexual exposure of susceptible to infectious people

    2. Efficiency of transmission per exposure

    3. Duration of infectivity of those infected


    HIV
    HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
    M, N, O, P
    HIV HTLV-1
    HTLV-2
    HIV-1
    HIV-2
    A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H

    HIV-1 M

    HIV-2
    HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LIVING
    WITH HIV?
    • 46,985 HIV positive cases reported to the
    Department of Health from January 1984 to
    August 2017.

    • 84% of newly reported cases were among males


    who have sex with males (MSM), and transgender
    women who have sex with males (TGW).
    May 2017, there were 1,098 new HIV
    antibody sero-positive individuals
    reported to the HIV/AIDS & ART
    Registry of the Philippines (HARP).
    DOH HIV/STI PREVENTION PROGRAM

    OBJECTIVE:
    • Reduce the transmission of HIV and STI among the most at risk
    population and general population and mitigate its impact at the
    individual, family, and community level.
    Program Activities
    1. Availability of free voluntary HIV
    Counseling and Testing Service;

    2. 100% Condom Use Program (CUP)


    especially for entertainment
    establishments;
    Program Activities:
    • 3.  Peer education
    and outreach

    • 4.  Multi-sectoral
    coordination through
    Philippine National
    AIDS Council (PNAC)
    Program Activities:

    5.  Empowerment of
    communities

    6. Community assemblies for a


    way to reduce stigma
    Program Activities::
    7.  Augmentation of
    resources of social Hygiene
    Clinics

    8. Procured male condoms


    distributed as education
    materials during outreach.
    DOH:
    Program
    Accomplishments
    1. Health policy and program development

    2. Capability building of local government units


    (LGUs) and other stakeholders

    3. Leveraging services for priority health


    programs.
    Partner Organizations/Agencies:
    • Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)
    • Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC)
    • Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM)
    • STI/AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory (SCCL)
    • World Health Organization (WHO)
    • United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
    • Pinoy Plus Association
    • AIDS Society of the Philippines (ASP)
    • Positive Action Foundation Philippines, Inc. (PAFPI)
    • Action for Health Initiatives (ACHIEVES)
    • Affiliation Against AIDS in Mindanao (ALAGAD-Mindanao)
    • AIDS Watch Council (AWAC)
    • Family Planning Organization of the Philippines (FPOP)
    Partner Organizations/Agencies
    • Free Rehabilitation, Economic, Education, and Legal Assistance Volunteers
    Association, Inc. (FREELAVA)
    • Philippine NGO council on Population, Health, and Welfare, Inc. (PNGOC)
    • Leyte Family Development Organization (LEFADO)
    • Remedios AIDS Foundation (RAF)
    • Social Development Research Institute (SDRI)
    • TLF share Collectives, Inc.
    • Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) Katipunang Manggagawang
    Pilipino
    • Health Action Information Network (HAIN)
    • Hope Volunteers Foundation, Inc.
    • KANLUNGAN Center Foundation, Inc. (KCFI)
    • Kabataang Gabay sa Positibong Pamumuhay, Inc. (KGPP)
    Republic Act 11166
    Press Release/12 July 2019:
    •“PNAC Chair
    Secretary
    Duque signs IRR
    of new HIV law,
    more support
    for PLHIV.”
    Republic Act 11166

    • Lowering of age of consent from 18 to 15


    years old

    • Matured minor doctrine and the provision


    of proxy consent

    • HIV education
    Republic Act 11166
    • “Comprehensive Intervention” for the
    key affected population

    • Support to all PLHIV


    Republic Act 11166
    • This law also ensures the development of
    closed-setting institutions.

    • The stiffer penalties for breaching


    confidentiality

    • No PLHIV shall be denied or deprived of


    private health insurance.

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