May sets record for highest number of HIV cases — DOH

Inquirer.net 07/25/2017

MANILA — May was a record month for reported new cases of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with 1,098, the highest number recorded in a month since 1984, the Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday. Based on…

HIV and AIDS advocates hold candle-lighting ceremony

Intern 05/10/2017

A group advocating the rights of HIV and AIDS victims held a candle-lighting ceremony at the Visayas Community Medical Center on Wednesday afternoon to show support and spread awareness about the illness. Members of the Advocating Gender-Based…

Province to educate high school teachers about HIV

Intern 04/27/2017

THE Cebu Provincial Health Office (PHO) will conduct a training-of-trainer for teachers on the first week of May to educate the participants about the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). According to PHO Information Officer Wilfredo Salgado Jr., they…

Palma calls for reflection on rising HIV cases in jails

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/09/2017

THE rising number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases inside the Cebu City Jail and the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) should be a cause for reflection, said Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma as he called…

X-rays and HIV tests for Cebu City jail inmates

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/07/2017

BEFORE inmates are committed inside the Cebu City Jail, they should undergo an x-ray and HIV test. This was among the suggestions agreed upon during the visit of Councilors Mary Ann de los Santos and Dave Tumulak,…

Fewer HIV cases in CV but no definite downward trend

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/06/2017

CENTRAL Visayas now ranks fourth from being third in the country on the number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases, according to the data of the Department of Health (DOH) as of January 2017. DOH recorded 62…

CPDRC, TOO

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle L. Semilla 04/05/2017

HIV-POSITIVE INMATES  Five HIV cases reported at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, as Cebu City officials call to ‘isolate’ 136 HIV-positive inmates at the Cebu City Jail   Just as local government, health and jail…

More jail problems

Editorial 04/05/2017

Reports about the rising HIV cases among inmates in the Cebu City Jail due to frequent sharing of needles used for injecting nubain is yet another headache for Cebu City officials who already have more than their…

HOOKED ON DRUGS

Nestle L. Semilla 04/04/2017

Cebu City officials are now tracing what caused the alarming number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases inside the Cebu City Jail, even as they are inclined to believe that needle-sharing among users of nubain, a restricted…

Bullecer: Distributing condoms in schools a ‘wrong move’

Nestle L. Semilla 12/14/2016

DISTRIBUTING condoms will just promote promiscuity among the students, according to pro-life groups in Cebu. Human life advocate Dr. Rene Bullecer said that the Department of Health’s (DOH) initiative to distribute condoms in schools to combat the…

Gov: Condoms in schools send ‘wrong message’

12/07/2016

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III said storing condoms in school clinics sends the wrong message to school children insofar as the campaign against AIDS and underage pregnancy is concerned. “Of course I am not in favor of…

World AIDS Day marked with ‘Teddy Bear’ campaign

Apple Ta-as 12/05/2016

THE MONSTER under the bed is a real fear for many children, a tale as old as time and something many of us had to deal with when we were much younger. To be away from mum…

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