MERGED: HIV in the Philippines

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[Mongoloid]

bitaw nindot jud naay test.. labi kining mga kadlawn manggawas hehe

[brangelina]

not all! we should never judge others!

[giddyboy]

RP failing in goal to stop AIDS, says UN
By Jerry E. Esplanada
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:29:00 05/30/2010

THE PHILIPPINES CONTINUES TO fall short of its sixth Millennium Development Goal (MDG), which is to halt and reverse the spread of the dreaded HIV-AIDS disease.

This was disclosed to the Inquirer by Teresita Marie Bagasao, country coordinator of the United Nations Program on HIV-AIDS or UNAIDS.

Interviewed Friday night during the AIDS candlelight memorial observance at Rajah Sulaiman Park in Manila, Bagasao said they were very appreciative of the efforts being undertaken by the multisectoral Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC) against the killer disease.

But the PNAC needs “to do more,” Bagasao asserted.

AIDS or the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV. The virus attacks and weakens the body’s immune system, ultimately leading to death. It is usually sexually transmitted although infection can also occur through blood transfusions, needle-sharing and mother-to-child transfer at birth.

Over 25 million people worldwide have died of AIDS since the 1980s, according to UNAIDS.

Bagasao said the country was “falling short” of MDG No. 6. “Based on official reports, new infection rates are going up, not down,” she said.

In a UN report furnished the Inquirer, the body’s representative office in Manila disclosed that “while the country is still within the target of less than one percent of the population for HIV-AIDS, the rising number of HIV cases has become a cause for alarm.”

The report also said HIV cases among the youth had been increasing at “an unprecedented rate” while similar cases “among the 15-24 age group nearly tripled.”...

...Cabral, who is also PNAC chair, urged the public to keep in mind the “ABCDE” of the anti-HIV-AIDS drive: “Abstain from s3x. Be faithful to your partner. Consistently use condoms. Do not use illegal drugs. And educate yourself.”

Cabral is up against a powerful Catholic Church lobby against the use of condoms or any other artificial contraceptive device. The Church is also against the reproductive health bill which would make s3x education compulsory in public and private schools.

full article:
RP failing in goal to stop AIDS, says UN - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

[peewee_toot]

^^ive been practicing the ABCDE.

[Nikki80]

74 were discovered pila pa kaha ng nagpadaplin lang..yes scary jud kau ni dghan pa jud mga latagaw nga pokpok im sure na positive ani dha lang daan sa mango ay...naunsa naman ni oi...

[peewee_toot]

^^dapat practice safe *** jd prmi ani...

[EL LOCO]

ako I got a text the other day about sa mga AIDS/HIV in mango bars... donno if its true.. but better be safe than sorry.

[peewee_toot]

^^mao jd. hadlok na kaayu ang panahon rn...

[Fuhrer und Reichskanzler]

beware, sundot gang is coming to town...