Rise of HIV cases in Cebu City worries city dad

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 11/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Rey Gealon has expressed concern over the increasing number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in the city. Quoting a national report, Gealon said that Central Visayas has 8,407 newly…

HIV surge to 100,000 cases feared amid COVID pandemic

Cristina Eloisa Baclig - Content Researcher Writer 02/08/2022

MANILA, Philippines—The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting services and treatments for other diseases, like the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which is projected to rise as a result, both directly and indirectly, of restrictions brought by the pandemic. According…

Santander town penalizes discrimination vs persons with HIV, AIDS, STI

Rosalie Abatayo 10/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The municipality of Santander in the southern tip of Cebu has taken steps to combat discrimination in school or at the workplace against persons suspected to be sufferers of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Acquired…

LoveYourself Cebu fashion auction event gets two Miss Universes’ backing

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray expressed her support to LoveYourself Cebu’s upcoming charity event slated on July 6 in an event venue in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City.  A video of the 25-year-old Filipino-Australian…

Karencitta in Cebu on April 27 for LoveYourself White House launch

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuana singer Karencitta will be back home in the Queen City of the South on Saturday, April 27, for a cause that is close to her heart. Karencitta, or Karen Ann Cabrera in…

PYC to focus on mental health, HIV awareness

Gerard Vincent Francisco 10/19/2018

  The Cebu Provincial Youth Commission (PYC) is set to spearhead information caravans on mental health and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) awareness in different barangays of the province. James Canoy, who serves as the president of PYC…

HIV cases up, AIDS cases go down in Cebu last year

Rosalie Abatayo 07/18/2018

Cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) went up in Cebu last year, more than double in 2016. Provincial Health Office HIV resource person Wilfredo Salgado Jr. said their records showed there were more than 700 HIV cases…

‘Makalisang na ang pagtakboy sa HIV / AIDS’

Lloyd Suarez 05/20/2018

Makapa-alarma na gyud karon dinhi sa Sugbo ang pagkuyanap sa sakit nga HIV / AIDS. Si Dr. Rene Joseph Bullecer presidente sa AIDS Free Philippines, mitug-an nga karong bag-o dunay duha ka mga batan-on ang nangamatay sa…

Pia Wurtzbach hits PDEA for revealing drug suspect’s HIV status

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/30/2017

MISS Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach took to Instagram yesterday to express her disappointment over the disclosure of the HIV status of one of suspects caught in a drug raid at an upscale hotel in Bonifacio Global City…

Pre-meds for HIV patients

Futch Anthony Inso, Intern 11/29/2017

PRE-EXPOSURE medicines may soon be given to those infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS, the regional Department of Health (DOH-7) office said yesterday. Dr. Van Philip Baton, coordinator of the DOH’s Re-Emerging Infectious Disease…

Bad diet linked to one in five deaths, study says

AFP 09/25/2017

France — Fewer children are dying before their fifth birthday and although humans are living longer than ever before, one in five deaths last year were linked to poor diet. According to researchers, more than 1.6 million…

Info drive intensified to curb HIV/AIDS cases

Futch Anthony Inso 09/18/2017

Cebu City ranks 1st in prevalence rate study of men having sex with men transmission of HIV The Department of Health is intensifying its ABCDE program, an education campaign on the human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired…

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