IN NUMBERS: HIV cases in the rise in Central Visayas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/01/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The number of confirmed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Central Visayas continues to increase. From 878 in 2021, HIV cases in the region grew to 1,007 in 2022, data from the Regional Epidemiology…

Mandaue City Jail: 17 PDLs or inmates have HIV

Mary Rose Sagarino 03/27/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — At least 17 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) or inmates in the Mandaue City Jail were positive of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Lawyer Jonathan Baltar, jail superintendent, said that 15 of the…

Group asks gov’t to implement comprehensive sex education

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 03/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Recent reports of adolescents contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have prompted a women’s rights advocacy group to call for implementing comprehensive sexual education (CSE) to help children and teenagers avoid sexually transmitted diseases. In…

Imagine a world without a vaccine against COVID-19

Jobers Reynes Bersales 05/07/2020

  I do not want to sound pessimistic. But if you look at another virus that has killed millions of humans in recent past, the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV, no vaccine has been produced yet some…

Cebu City Health Department needs more funds to treat HIV patients

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Health Department needs more funding to treat patients positive of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as their grants from non-government organizations (NGOs) are about to end. This was the pronouncement of…

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…

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…

Cebuana ma tries to help fellow HIV positive women

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/17/2016

As the number of persons in the country diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to grow, a 41-year-old HIV positive Cebuana mother is trying to prevent others especially women from suffering the same fate that she…

Forum: Hontiveros lobbies for universal health care

Juli Ann M. Sibi 12/06/2015

LIBERAL Party senatorial candidate and former PhilHealth director Risa Hontiveros is lobbying for a four-point universal health care agenda, such as better doctors, cheaper medicine, empowerment of health workers, and proper health education during a forum last…

Group pushes for HIV awareness

Intern 12/04/2015

Run to be held Dec. 5 in commemoration of World AIDS Day Cebu City ranked number one in terms of prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among all cities in the Philippines as of last June, according…

Central Visayas is top 4 in reported HIV cases

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/02/2015

Church steps up education drive, reminds public not to shun patients Central Visayas had 47 new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in October, the 4th highest  region nationwide. Most of these cases come from Cebu, a Department…

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