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ANDUN AKO
NAKIKIISA
NAGDADALAMHATI PARA SA MGA KAIBIGANG NAUNA NA
NAGPUPUGAY SA MGA KASAMAHANG PATULOY NA NAGPUPUNYAGI
ANDUN AKO
KASAMA NYO
ako si BONG
ito ang aking diary
...and this is my HIV diary
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THE CURE! IS IT ALMOST HERE?
By Jake Wallis Simons (6:30PM BST 27 Apr 2013)
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10022664/Scientists-hope-for-HIV-cure.html
Researchers are working on "novel strategies" to find a cure for HIV, with the first results expected “within months”.
Danish scientists are hoping for results that will show that “finding a mass-distributable and affordable cure to HIV is possible”.
They are conducting a clinical trial to test a “novel strategy” in which the HIV virus is "reactivated" from its hiding place within human DNA and potentially destroyed permanently by the immune system.
The move would represent a step forward in the attempt to find a cure for the virus, which causes Aids.
The scientists are currently conducting human trials on their treatment, in the hope of proving that it is effective. It has already been found to work in laboratory tests.
The technique involves unmasking the “reservoirs” formed by the HIV virus inside resting immune cells, bringing it to the surface of the cells. Once it comes to the surface, the body’s natural immune system may be able to kill the virus.
In vitro studies — those that use human cells in a laboratory — of the new technique proved so successful that in January, the Danish Research Council awarded the team 12 million Danish kroner (£1.5 million) to pursue their findings in clinical trials with human subjects.
These are now under way, and according to Dr Ole Søgaard, a senior researcher at the Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark and part of the research team, the early signs are “promising”.
“I am almost certain that we will be successful in activating HIV from the reservoirs," he said.
“The challenge will be getting the patients’ immune system to recognise the virus and destroy it. This depends on the strength and sensitivity of individual immune systems, as well as how large a proportion of the hidden HIV is unmasked.”
Fifteen patients are currently taking part in the trials, and ithe first results from the trial are expected to presented in the second half of 2013.
Dr Søgaard stressed that a cure is not the same as a preventative vaccine, and that raising awareness of unsafe behaviour, including unprotected sex and sharing needles, remains of paramount importance in combating HIV.
With modern HIV treatment, a patient can live an almost normal life, even into old age, with limited side effects.
However, if medication is stopped, HIV reservoirs become active and start to produce more of the virus, meaning that symptoms can reappear within two weeks.
Finding a cure would free a patient from the need to take continuous HIV medication, and save health services billions of pounds.
The technique is being researched in Britain, but studies have not yet moved on to the clinical trial stage. Five universities — Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College, London, University College, London and King’s College, London — have jointly formed the Collaborative HIV Eradication of Reservoirs UK Biomedical Research Centre group (CHERUB), which is dedicated to finding an HIV cure.
They have applied to the Medical Research Council for funding to conduct clinical trials, which will seek to combine techniques to release the reservoirs of HIV with "immunotherapy", which gives patients a better chance of destroying the virus.
In addition, they are focusing on patients that have only recently been infected, as they believe this will improve chances of a cure. The group hopes to receive a funding decision in May.
“When the first patient is cured in this way it will be a spectacular moment,” says Dr John Frater, a clinical research fellow at the Nuffield School of Medicine, Oxford University, and a member of the CHERUB group.
“It will prove that we are heading in the right direction and demonstrate that a cure is possible. But I think it will be five years before we see a cure that can be offered on a large scale.”
The Danish team’s research is among the most advanced and fast moving in the world, as that they have streamlined the process of putting the latest basic science discoveries into clinical testing.
This means that researchers can progress more quickly to clinical trials, accelerating the process and reaching reliable results sooner than many others.
The technique uses drugs called HDAC Inhibitors, which are more commonly used in treating cancer, to drive out the HIV from a patient’s DNA and onto the surface of infected cells. The Danish researchers are using a particularly powerful type of HDAC inhibitor.
Five years ago, the general consensus was that HIV could not be cured. But then Timothy Ray Brown, an HIV sufferer — who has become known in the field as the Berlin Patient — developed leukaemia.
He had a bone marrow transplant from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that made his cells resistant to HIV. As a result, in 2007 Mr Brown became the first man to ever be fully cured of the disease.
Replicating this procedure on a mass scale is impossible. Nevertheless, the Brown case caused a sea change in research, with scientists focusing on finding a cure as well as suppressing the symptoms.
Two principal approaches are currently being pursued. The first, gene therapy, aims to make a patient’s immune system resistant to HIV. This is complex and expensive, and not easily transferrable to diverse gene pools around the world.
The second approach is the one being pursued by Dr Søgaard and his colleagues in Denmark, the CHERUB group in Britain, and by other laboratories in the United States and Europe.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Life Expectancy for PLHIV
Many patients taking HIV drugs can now expect to live into their 70s
Michael Carter
Published: 25 July 2008
A large international study has provided evidence that people taking HIV treatment can now expect to live into their 60s and beyond. The study is published in the July 26th edition of The Lancet, and showed that an individual starting successful HIV treatment aged 20 would be expected to live to be 63, and that a patient initiating an anti-HIV drugs regimen aged 35 could live to the age of 67. It also provided evidence of the dramatic and continued decline in the risk of death amongst people with HIV since effective HIV treatment became available.
What is more, the researchers found that starting treatment with a CD4 cell count above 200 cells/mm3 would mean that a person aged 20 could expect to live to be 70, and that a 35 year-old could survive into their 72nd year.
Nevertheless, they still found that even in their most optimistic estimates, the life-expectancy of HIV-positive individuals was approximately ten years shorter than that of an HIV-negative individual. Furthermore injecting drug users and patients who started HIV treatment with lower CD4 cell counts had lower life-expectancies.
The author of an accompanying editorial calls these findings “exciting” and believes that they underline the importance of prompt diagnosis and treatment of HIV. He also suggests that the risk of death would be diminished and overall prognosis further improved by starting anti-HIV drugs with a CD4 cell count of 500 cells/mm3.
Almost immediately after multi-drug antiretroviral therapy became available in 1996, doctors observed dramatic reductions in rates of illness and death in HIV-positive patients treated with such drugs. A number of studies have shown that antiretroviral therapy has the potential to dramatically improve the prognosis of HIV-positive patients, but they have only considered patients in single cohorts or countries.
Therefore researchers from the Antiretroviral Cohort Collaboration which involves 14 large HIV cohort studies in Canada, Europe and the USA, looked at rates of mortality and the life-expectancy of over 43,000 patients who started HIV treatment for the first time between 1996 – 99, 2000 – 02 and 2002 – 05. They also looked at whether there were any patient characteristics which affected the risk of death or prognosis.
A total of 2056 (5%) patients died. The mortality rate fell from 16 deaths per 1000 person years between 1996- 99 to 10 per 1000 person years between 2002 – 05.
They also noted significant improvements in the prognosis for HIV-positive patients in the ten years of the study. Overall, a 20 year-old starting HIV treatment between 1996 and 2005 would be expected to live another 43 years. Between 1996 and 1999, they calculated that such a patient would live to be 56 years old, but in the period 2002 to 2005 this had improved to a little under 70 years.
There were also impressive improvements in the prognosis of 35 year-olds starting treatment, with an expectation of a further 32 years in life after HIV therapy was initiated. But, once more, prognosis improved over time from an expectation of a further 25 years of life in 1996 – 99, to 32 years by 2002- 05.
Patients who started HIV treatment with a low CD4 cell count (below 100 cells/mm3) had much higher mortality rates than patients initiating antiretroviral therapy with a CD4 cell count above 200 cells/mm3 (aged 20 – 44, 20 per 1000 person years vs. five per 1000 person years).
Furthermore a 20 year-old starting treatment with a CD4 cell count below 100 cells/mm3 would have a life-expectancy of 54 years compared to a life-expectancy of 70 years for a 20 year-old starting treatment with a CD4 cell count above 200 cells/mm3. The importance of CD4 cell count at the time of therapy initiation to prognosis was also seen in 35 year-olds, with patients with a CD4 cell count below 100 cells/mm3 expected to live until they were 62 compared to a prognosis of 72 years for patients with a CD4 cell count above 200 cells/mm3.
The investigators also found that women had a better prognosis than men, but that injecting drug users had a life-expectancy that was up to 20 years shorter than non-injecting drug users.
“There has been an improvement of outcomes with combination antiretroviral therapy between 1996 and 2005, characterised by a marked decrease in mortality rates” write the investigators. They attribute such reductions in mortality and improvements in life-expectancy to “improvements in therapy during the first decade of combination therapy.”
But they note that their study suggests that the prognosis of people taking antiretroviral therapy is still not normal. Picking up on this point, the author of the accompanying editorial highlights the findings of the SMART study which showed that patients with lower CD4 cell counts had a higher risk of serious non-HIV-related illnesses. The SMART study’s conclusions were one of the factors leading to HIV treatment guidelines recommending that antiretroviral therapy should be started at a CD4 cell count of 350 cells/mm3. The author notes the “clinical mischief of untreated HIV infection” and looks forward to the results of a clinical trial which could show if there is any benefit in starting HIV treatment at a CD4 cell count of 500 cells/mm3.
Reference
The Antiretroviral Cohort Collaboration. Life expectancy of individuals on combination therapy in high-income countries: a collaborative analysis of 14 cohort studies. The Lancet 372: 293 – 299, 2008.
Cooper DA. Life and death in the cART era. The Lancet 372: 266 – 267, 2008.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
ANNIV NI DAN!
hi everyone
aun, kaya nga pla ako nagsulat ng story kc aniv ko na sa pagiging HIV + gusto maging memorable ang experience and ma share ito
kc until now marami pa akong d alam at gusto matutunan about HIV
nakakaloka dba pero wla na kong magagwa eto na ko....
ako nga pla si Dan 25 yrs old pero pag nakita nyo ko am look like 17, gaya ng sabi sakin dun sa HIV seminar namin baby face kasi ako eh, small built white complexion tska appealing ( uy am not making my self proud ah hahahahhaha description lang) going back i want to share my story kc gusto maging makabuluhan ang pagintindi ko sa sakit natin at matuto ng sobra.. takot eh... TAKOT AKONG MAMATAY
i was diagnose last 2012 April un the second un ang pinaka malungkot na pangyayari sa buhay ko, gusto ko lang mag patest nun sa HEPA B kc para un sa ojt ko sa hotel requirement eh, so i went to my auntie aun di ko alam she tested me for HIV aun sapul ako, i went to several test lahat positive, nakakalungot dba, ako nga di ko talga alam ang aggawin, i can't even tell it to anyone.
limipas ang mga buwan, days, and weeks, nag start ako mag pa baseline test awa ng diyos lahat negative until now ni hindi ako nag kaka sipon or ubo, even any sympthoms wla. healthy tlga siguro dhl wla pang manifestations, early detection eh
pasensya na pero magiging emotional na ako, gusto ko lang malabas lahat na alam kong un din ang nararamdaman ng marami sa atin...
lumipas ang araw at buwan naramdaman ko na ang sympthoms ng sakit ko i had lymph node sa leeg, sa armpit at sa shoulders siguro mga 10 sila lahat wla nmn akong nararamdaman kya deadma lang... i took anti boitics kc sabi nila mamwawala daw ang lymph pag ng anti bacterial mali pla ako
pang 7month ko na andyan parin sila nakatatak na sa leeg, balikat at dibdib ko, nakakatakot, nakakaalarma
pumunta ako sa treament hub ko sa alabang
pinagpala ako wla nmn findings kc sa totoo lang ni hindi ako nagkasakit or what even khit wla akong vaccine ( thank you lord )
pero di nagtagl nakakaranas na ko ng back pain upper part it almost last for now cguro mga 8 months na di nawawala di nmn ganun kasikt tolerable but mararamdaman mo
natatakot ako, ayoko nmn mag pa xray bka may lumabas at di ko nmn matanggap, kc honestly nung nalaman ko na meron ako gusto ko gumanti at i kalat ito, para patas patas tyo, kso naisip ko ako nga di ko matanggap hahayaan ko pa bang maranasan to ng iba?
di pa ako nag gagamot kc last CD4 ko 567 pa sya naun di ko na alam kung anu scheduled para para sa susunod na CD4
nagyoyosi at nagiimon pa ako
at malala kc di ko na maiwasan mag yosi at maginom
pasensya na pero simula ng malan ko to nalungkot parang ninakaw nya sakin lahat
ung kababtaan ko, ung kagustuhan kong i enjoy ang buhay ko, ang paginom at pakikibarkada
lahat un nawala na
pero alam nyo ba ginawa ko parin sya madalas pa din akong maginom at mag yosi
un na siguro ako
pero natatakot ako madami sa kaibigan ko ang namatay dhl din sa HIV
maswerte ako dhl wla pa akong OI anu ba gagawin ko? para matigil ang mga bisyo kong ito PLEASE HELP ME
naun gagraduate ako sa HRM ang saya ko nga eh, pero malungkot pa din kc wla pa din tyong gamot
nga pla marami akong kilala sa mga kaibigan ko parang positibo pero nahihya ako iapproach to take test anu ba gagagwin ko dun?
gusto ko sana matulungan nyo ko about sa situation ko kc nahihirap ung back shoulders ko may something tlga
atska natatakot tlga ako mamatay alam ko na alam nyo rin di lang ako bka kyo rin may mga kaibigan at mahal sa buhay na namatay dhil dito
natatakot din ako para sa sarili ko, na parang wla na akong karapatan maging bata at ma enjoy ang lahat, ung tipong iinom makikisalamuha ta makikipag yosi sa iba
wla na INAGAW NA NYA
ayoko mamatay, gusto ko mabuhay pero may bisyo ako anu ggwin ko?
naiiyak akokc parang wla na tyong silbi. uu meron tyo HIV pero anu it will eventually become AIDS, mamamatay, tapos paguusapan at pastsitsismisan
nasaksihan ko kc yan sa mga pumanaw kong mga kaibigan na kgayan ntn
alam nyo kapag naginuma kmi at HIV ang topic natatamemme ako, pero pag nagsalita na ko nakiknig sila,sana na aabsorb nila
ang irap noh, ung tipong paniwalain ang sarili mo na wla ka kahit meron ka!
lasing na ko, nagkalakas lang ng ako ng loob na ikwento to dhla natatakot ako sobra... SOBRA d ko na tlga alam ang ggwin
sana di katulad ang istirya ko ng istorya nyo
bsta KAPITBISIG TYO
sana may gamot na
sana paggalingin nila tyo
sana wla na lang ganito
Dan
Hello dan,
salamat sa iyong pagsulat, masaya ako dahil pinagkaabalahan mo ang pagsulat sa akin. hindi madali ang mag share ng ating mga nararamdaman.
lalong masaya ako at mukhang medyo mas upbeat ka na ngayon compared nung makilala kita sa training natin dati. newly diagnosed ka pa lang yata nun di ba at kamamatay lang din ng bestfriend mo? at sa buong batch ikaw nga ang pinaka bata at pinaka maganda! pero ikaw rin ang pinaka mukhang pinagsakluban ng mundo noong panahong yun. kaya sa tono ng sulat mo eh mukhang kinakaya mo naman, kaya masaya na rin ako.
ilang ulit mong sinasabi sa sulat mo na "ayaw mo pang mamatay" - ay maganda yan, ako rin ayaw ko pang mamatay, sinong bang me gusto nun. at sino bang nagsabi sa yo na mamamatay ka na, o mamatay na tayo? hindi ibig sabihin na positive tayo eh mamamatay na tayo. sa panahon ngayon sa tinagal tagal ng panahon na may HIV sa mundo, wala na dapat namamatay sa AIDS related complications. dahil epektibo naman ang mga gamot na available ngayon. kaya lang marami pa rin ang namamatay eh dahil too late na ng madiagnose sila. totally wala silang alam na positive sila, o mas pinili pa nila na wag malaman dahil naduwag sila, or alam nila pero ayaw magpagamot ng maaga, o mas pinili pang madepress, o natatakot sila sa sasabihin ng ibang tao at ituring silang outcast --- pagkaduwag, wala o maling kaalaman, stigma at diskriminasyon sa ating komunidad --- ito ang mga tunay na dahilan kung bakit marami pa rin namamatay sa AIDS. leche kasi ang mga moralista at self-righteous nating kababayan, nakakalungkot nga eh. kung me mga namatay ka ng friends, mas marami sa akin, i lost count na, mga 12 na yata sila. nakita mo ba akong naglulupasay at nawawalan ng pag asa? hinde! dahil the more i feel bad about my being pusit, the more am risking losing points on my cd4 ;) kaya dapat happy lang girl.
maswerte ka, maswerte tayo at maaga pa lang eh alam na natin ang ating status, ngayon pwede na nating alagaan ang ating sarili... sayang naman ang ganda mo kung magmumukmok ka lang dyan.
potah ka! ;) antaas taas nga ng cd4 count mo no. 567 ka pa... pinakamataas ko eh 499 lang. ngayon am down to 382 (feb 2013)... nirerecommend na nga ni doc na mag ARV na ako. sabi ko pagiisipan ko muna. sa next test ko sa august will be my big decision. sana tumaas ulit.
every 6months dapat ang baseline tests teh, baka due ka na for lab tests, go back to alabang na - bakla dont lose your FOCUS, ngayon kelangan mas maging masinsin tayo sa mga health issues natin. pay attention sa lahat ng sinasabi ng duktor.
maganda at ur always paying attention sa mga sakit sa katawan mo, everytime na may nararamdaman, visit your HIV doctor agad, ganyan din ako. madalas nga eh sinasabi ng duktor sa akin na dont worry dahil halos lahat ng ibang nararamdaman ko eh di naman related sa HIV status ko. normal na yatang maging paranoid tayo sa maliliit na bagay. pero dapat iwas stress, wag masyado magworry, basta check up lang lagi ang katapat and trust your doctors.
www.thebody.com --- yan ang bibliya ko sa lahat ng concerns ko, plus meron akong mga kaibigan duktor at nurses na lagi kong napapagtanungan pag kinakailangan. marami ring kaibigan ang nag aalaga sa akin at alam nila ang staus ko kaya kampante ako na di nila ako pababayaan.
sa ngayon am just concentrating on staying happy and living a productive life. living my life as if everyday is my last. masaya lang.
marami akong kilala na mga pusit na matataas ang posisyon sa kumpanya, maganda ang trabaho, malakas, maganda tulad mo. kaya girl wag ka magiinarte na wala ka ng kinabukasan at inagaw na ng HIV (kukurutin kita eh). you have your whole life ahead of you, maaaring mas mahirap ng konti ang landas na tatahakin natin subalit hindi ibig sabihin na sadyang mas kont ang oportunidad na ilalaan sa atin ng mundo. it's all about your attitude sabi nga nila, ikaw lang ang gumagawa ng iyong kinabukasan kaya tigilan na ang kaartehan at rumampa ka na at mabuhay sa matuwid na daan.
matuwid na daan means healthy life, which is what it should be naman, positive or not. minimize if not abolish your bisyo, kung di kaya ng bigla, unti unti. anything na makakapagpababa ng resistensya ng katawan natin, dapat iwasan. ituring mo na lang na mas babasagin ka kesa sa mga tropa mo. mas alagaan mo ang iyong sarili. pwede namang mag enjoy na hindi pinapabayaan ang ating health. sorry na lang tayo dahil pusit tayo, nagkamali tayo, nabawasan ang ating freedom kumbaga, alang alang sa ikahahaba ng ating buhay.
pwede pa rin i enjoy ang sex ng safe, hay naku teh, ang sarap din kaya. ;)
hihi.
madam, baka matagalan pa ang himala! wala pang gamot! how i wish meron na, pero ang kawalan nito ay hindi magiging hadlang para mabuhay ako ng masaya. papaano kung hindi ito dumating sa lifetime natin?
anung gagawin natin?
NGANGANGA*¥^<{}#<~~]{^???
happy anniversary dan, lets hang out soon...
ako si BONG
ito ang aking diary
My CD4 Count
Friday, August 24, 2012
INFO ON TREATMENT CARE & SUPPORT!
yan nag-positve ka na --- pano ka na ngayon???
MUST READ!
I SAW THIS FROM JAKE (http://www.jakepositive.blogspot.com)
SOME VERY HELPFUL INFO FOR PLHIVs
HIV and AIDS Treatment Care and Support in The Philippines
Upon diagnosis of a person as HIV + he/she needs to prioritize and secure these important things to ensure that he/she is able to access proper treatment and support.
1. Secure copy of your Confirmatory/Western Blot Test and present it to a Doctor preferably an Infectious Disease Doctor. He is the right Doctor that could help you and plan out your treatment. If you don't know any then ask for someone in a healthcare facility that you trust that could direct you to one.
2. Secure and Pay your PhilHealth membership. A Person Living with HIV here in the Philippines is entitled access of the OHAT (Outpatient HIV and AIDS Treatment) Package given by PhilHealth all you need to do is to pay your PhilHealth membership fees on time.
In support of the United Nation's Millennium Development Goal Number 6 to halt or
reverse the incidence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune
Deficiency Virus (AIDS) by 2015, PhilHealth through Board Resolution No. 1331, series of
2009 has approved die implementation of an outpatient HIV/AIDS treatment package. This
benefit aims to increase the proportion of the population having access to effective
HIV/AIDS treatment and patient education measures.
A. General Rules
1.The Outpatient HIV/AIDS Treatment (OHAT) Package will be paid through a case
payment scheme. Annual reimbursement is set at 30,000 pesos per year.
2.Only confirmed HIV/AIDS cases requiring treatment shall be covered by the package.
3.Package shall be based on Department of Health (DOH) guidelines on anti-retro viral therapy
among adults and adolescents with human immunodeficiency virus infection. All
treatment hubs in accredited facilities are required to follow the guidelines set by the DOH.
B. Specific Rules
1.Covered items under this benefit are drugs and medicines, laboratory examinations including Cluster
Difference 4 (CD4) level determination test and test for monitoring of anti-retro viral drugs (ARA7)
toxicity and professional fees of providers
2.The package will be released in four (4) quarterly payments; each sub-package is worth 7,500
pesos payable to the recognized treatment hub of accredited facilities. A maximum of four (4)
treatment sub-packages per year may be claimed by the treatment hub.
3.Each quarterly claim is covered by the rule on single period of confinement computed from die date
of consultation. Any additional claims filed within this same period for the same reason will be denied.
4.Only die actual quarters wherein services were provided in a year will be reimbursed.
5.Each quarterly claim shall be charged one (1) day against the 45-day annual limit or a sum of 4 days
per year.
6.In cases of transfer from one treatment hub to another, PhilHealth will still reimburse provided:
a.The facility that the patient was transferred to is also PhilHealth accredited.
b.A referral letter from the referring facility to the receiving facility is accomplished.
c. The Corporation will reimburse the facility prior to the transfer .
3. Baseline tests such as CD4, Viral Load, Blood Chemistry and other tests requested by the doctor are the most crucial tests of all because this will be recorded and will be a basis to your future tests result in order to know the disease progression.
CD4 (Cluster Difference 4)
Usually, the CD4 test is used to determine when a person should start treatment.
HIV attacks a type of immune system cell called the T-helper cell. The T-helper cell plays an essential
part in the immune system by helping to co-ordinate all the other cells to fight illnesses. HIV damages
and destroys T-helper cells; as a result, there are fewer cells available to help the immune system. A
major reduction in the number of T-helper cells can have a serious effect on the immune system.
A CD4 test measures the number of T-helper cells (in a cubic millimetre of blood) which is known as
a CD4 count. Someone who is not infected with HIV normally has between 500 and 1200cells/mm3.
In a person infected with HIV, the CD4 count often declines over a number of years. HIV drug
treatment is generally recommended when the CD4 test shows fewer than 350 cells/mm3. World
Health Organization (WHO) 2010 guidelines recommend starting treatment for all patients with CD4
counts of less than 350 cells/mm3 in all countries. Although most resource-limited countries aim to
follow these guidelines, a number still observe the WHO's 2006 guidelines, which recommend starting
treatment at less than 200 cells/mm3.
Some countries may have treatment guidelines which differ from WHO recommendations.
For example, although USA treatment guidelines state that treatment should be initiated in all patients
with a CD4 count less than 350 cells/mm3 they also recommend treatment for patients with a CD4
count between 350 and 500 cells/mm3.
If there are complications, such as if the patient has hepatitis B, an AIDS-defining illness or is pregnant,
guidelines usually recommend that treatment is started earlier.
VIRAL LOAD (VL)
Viral load refers to the amount of HIV in the blood. If the viral load is high, T-helper cells tend to be
destroyed more quickly. Therefore, the aim of antiretroviral treatment is to keep the viral load as low
as possible.
In places where it is available, a viral load test is carried out shortly after antiretroviral treatment is
started. If the treatment is working effectively, the viral load will drop to the undetectable level – below
50 copies/ml. Ideally this will happen within 24 weeks of starting treatment, but for some it can take
3 to 6 months. On the other hand, some people never reach undetectable.
Viral load tests are then carried out every few months. As some viral load tests can produce slightly
different results on the same sample of blood, the results are monitored over a period of time.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE, PLEASE CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR.
4. Plan out your Healthy Lifestyle. Proper Diet, Exercise, 8hours of Sleep, etc. and an Optimistic Outlook in life would really help you to improve your immune system. Also having diversion techniques to avoid Stress and Depression will also help improve your immune System as well.
5. Look for a SUPPORT GROUP. Weather disclosing to a person whom you can trust, it could be a member of the family or a close friend. It is best if you look for a Support Group for PLHIV nearest to your area. HIV Support Groups are brought up to help us and to provide us the over-all support that we need.
List of Support Groups
The Positive Action Foundation Philippines Incorporated, better known as PAFPI, is an organization that is devoted into helping those Person Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) and their families in coping with their situation involving the HIV/AIDS virus. PAFPI was formed in 1998 by persons living with HIV and AIDS and uninfected persons with a view to empower persons with HIV and AIDS and their families to live a normal, happy and productive life in the mainstream of supported society.
Pinoy Plus Association is the pioneer organization of PLHIV in the Philippines. It is a support group dedicated to the welfare of PLHIV in the country.
Pinoy Plus as an organized community of positive individuals, answering to the needs of peer HIV positive is the pioneer national organization of Filipinos living with HIV and AIDS in the country. Fighting for the rights of positive individuals. PPA are now in the forefront of further enriching the organization, documenting violations, evaluating access to every available services including all kinds of treatment, care and support. Gone beyond Metro Manila, creating chapters all over the country to address the needs and offer support to individuals in need either directly or indirectly affected by the epidemic. They have learned to teach one another on how to live with HIV and how to fight for their rights.
Babae Plus, the first and only existing support group of women living with HIV in the Philippines was established in 2004. Their vision is to create An Independent Lead Organization of Empowered and Supportive Women Living with HIV/AIDS.
Cavite Support Group
Cebuplus Association, Inc. (CPAI) is a non-profit, non business oriented support group run and organized by concerned individuals in Cebu to help, educate and support the people living with HIV/AIDS(PLHA), their affected families (AF) and significant others (SO).
CPAI envision greater and meaningful engagement of people living with HIV, their affected families and significant others towards improving wellness and quality of life in a supportive environment.
CPAI aim to be an independent, sustainable organization that contributes to gender and age responsive, universal access to positive prevention, treatment, care and support through enhanced multi-level, multi-sectored and culturally competent partnership and programs.
CORE VALUES:
S - Service
P - Passion for People
I - Integrity
R - Respect
I - Innovation
T - Teamwork
United Western Visayas Incorporated (UWVI), is a community-based group (CBG) of people living with HIV based in Iloilo and operating in Panay and Guimaras areas with Ilonggo members across the country. The organization is active in both prevention of HIV and promotion of treatment and care among its members who are HIV positive as well as affected families. It strives to address stigma and discrimination in order to
build confidence among the newly diagnosed to access services at the local treatment hub based in the Western Visayas Medical Center.
The growing number of PLHIV in the region is driven by the large number of OFWs particularly seafarers in the region which host the highest number of Maritime Schools in the country and the flourishing – yet hidden sex industry and trafficking enroute the striving nautical highway as entry and exist points for the tourism super region in the Philippines.
The organization has a rich history since its inception in 2005 during the global fund round 5 project. The strong membership and advocacy of the group has helped the Western Visayas Medical Center to have its own CD4 machine, the first outside Manila and a half-way house based in Santa Barbara in Iloilo
Crossbreeds, Inc.
Vida Vivo Zamboanga
Mindanao Advocates
If you want to know more about the support groups please do contact me for further info. jakepositive@gmail.com www.facebook.com/jakepositive 09278230300 09323298893
jake's source: http://www.avert.org/antiretroviral.htm
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
NEWLY DIAGNOSED!
Hi Bong,
Good day.
I saw your email add thru your blog & I'm really just finding the courage and strength to write you. I'm sorry if this email might be confusing... this is my state of mind right now. I'm just going thru my emotions and write... Here it goes.
I'm a 34 yr-old professional. I had my test, my first & only test last Thursday, July 19th, and I came out positive.
I feel I had it for a long time now and I feel I'm already getting sick. I always get headaches, lagi ako nanghihina. I always get LBM...
I'm still in the process of accepting it. I'm only worried & confused now as to what I should do.
Sorry Bong. Nalilito ako... What should be my next step.
I feel I'm getting sick by the minute.
I really need your advise. I know you've heard this a million times but I feel so alone right now.
I feel I'm not ready yet to tell my family.
I just don't know what to do...
I really want to get healthy & I want to survive this... It's just hard that I don't know who to talk to.
I'm scared & confused that it might be too late for me to get healthy.
Thank you in advance and hoping to hear from you.
I'm leaving here my contact no. just in case... XXXXXXXXX
Thank you again & more power to you. :)
RAVE
hey RAVE,
tough week for you i can imagine. and i feel your confusion.
id like to know where you got your test? and i suppose you got to talk to a counselor?
meron pa bang hindi nacover ang counselor mo?
the usual process is, you should be waiting for your CONFIRMATORY RESULTS in about 2 to 3 weeks.
after the results are confirmed and it is indeed "POSITIVE". you are supposed to be endorsed to a treatment hub
of your choice.
you have to report and register to the HUB and start baseline laboratory tests to asses all your
health status.
depending on the results of all your laboratory tests, your hiv doctor will recommend that you either start
ARV treatment or not.
disclosure to anybody of your friends and family will depend entirely on you as it is a very sensitive matter.
(i only disclosed to the people who i can trust my life with)
i can understand your confusion, its a common stage especially if you still dont know your exact health
status so i suggest you get your baseline laboratory tests asap. you have to remember that
help is always available and all you have to do is ask. there are a lot of positive support group
especially on twitter where you can seek help and still be anonymous. i am also always here
to help out if you have any questions.
whatever happened in the past and how long have you had it is already irrelevant. the important thing
right now is that ALAM MO NA and there is still time to do something about it. its not the end of the world
all you have to do is compose yourself and face it head on and stay upbeat... kasi pag mas lalo kang
nalulungkot or nadedepress, mas lalong masama para sa health natin.
i know its easier said than done but there is no other way. stay "positive" and seek help. you are not alone.
if you have unli calls, you can reach me 09174711979 or tweet me --- ako_si_BONG
welcome to the club - stay strong ;)
salamat,
BONG
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
BONG's RECOMMENDED FREE TEST SITES
IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE: 1 being the best recommended site for quality services.
1). LOVEYOURSELF HUB
(RITM Satellite Clinic Manila)
1850 Leon Guinto St. Malate, Manila.
Tel. 5479334 or 09178351038
Monday to Sunday (7x a week)
2). Makati Social Hygiene Clinic
7th Floor, Makati City Hall, J.P. Rizal St., Makati City
Contact - Teresita Pagcaliwagan, RN or YOYIE
Tel: (+632) 870-1615
3). Proj. 7 Social Hygiene Clinic
PROJECT 7 BANSALANGIN STREET
AT THE VETERANCE VILLAGE.
Contact #09082355210,
4). BERNARDO Social Hygiene Clinic
AT THE BACK OF RAMON MAGSAYSAY HIGH SCHOOL, CUBAO, QC
Contact #09082355210,
5). BATASAN Social Hygiene Clinic
SANDIGAN BAYAN FAIRVIEW QC
Contact #09082355210
6). ASP iCON Clinic
G/F OTM Building, 71 Scout Tuason St.,
Brgy. South Triangle, Quezon City.
Every Friday, 5PM - 9PM
Saturdays from 10AM - 9PM.
Contact us at (+63) 376-2541
Email them at asp.iconclinic@gmail.com
7). Mandaluyong City - Social Hygiene Clinic
Dr. Yolanda Tuaño - SHC Physician
Lerma corner Vicencio Sts., Old Zaniga, Mandaluyong City / 5467799; 2115336
Mobile #: 09178424298
FOR THE VIPs I WOULD RECOMMEND THE MEDICAL CITY - Ortigas Avenue, Pasig City, Metro Manila Philippines. Tel. nos. (632) 988-1000, (632) 988-7000 email us : mail@medicalcity.com.ph -- i heard they also do home service for full confidentiality --- but their services are not FREE and sobrang mahal daw but hey if money is not a problem, why not.
ALL OTHERS I WOULDN't WANT TO RECOMMEND DUE TO SOME BAD 1st-HAND EXPERIENCES FROM THE PEOPLE I'VE TALKED WITH.
THE WORST PLACE to get tested are the PRIVATE DIAGNOSTIC CLINICS, most of them are not trained and does not follow the pre-test and post-test protocols. plus it's NOT FREE.
ALSO if you know that you had risky behavior and you need to undergo a medical examination as a requirement for working abroad which includes HIV testing - its best that you take the test in any of the above facilities and make sure first that you are negative before taking it at the agency-designated diagnostic clinic. most of them (if not all) have no idea how to deal with a hiv positive diagnosis. if the result is positive then just choose a country that will not require HIV testing.
hope these updated info helps!
best way to reach me is through my email... i don't usually have load on my phone and occasional lang ako sa twitter.
to all those who have been wondering about my health status --- I AM PERFECTLY FINE, all my labs are spotless, next cd4 count due this July 2012.
naging busy lang sa lovelife --- yes i found a partner, he knows about my status and we are so much in-love. am very happy ;)
ito ang aking diary
BONG
Monday, May 28, 2012
Si Nol - Spit or Swallow?
Bong,
hi I saw your email on the internet. Ako si NOL ofw sa Saudi arabia. gusto ko lang humingi ng payo regarding sa risk ko. recently may naka oral sex akong syrian dito. nalunok ko yung semen niya. ano ang chance ko na mag karoon ng HIV? Natatakot kasi akong magpatest kasi bawal ang bading dito sa saudi. balak ko sana sa pinas na ako mag pa test pag uwi ko. kaso by december pa uwi ko. I asked the opinion of AIDSMEDS kaso opinion nila wala daw risk ang oral sex. Totoo kaya yon? napaparanaoid na kasi ako. feeling ko mababaliw na ako kaka isp. hirap kasi dito walang anonymous testing center. Ano kayang risk if ever i delay ang testing? or malaki ba talaga ang chance na magkaroon ako ng HIV dahil sa oral sex? Please Ineed some advice thank you.
NOL
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Hello Nol,
Yes its very low risk, you don't have to worry. Hiv virus will not survive sa stomach because of the gastric acids not unless you have lesions in your mouth or throat during swallowing. I think its okay for you to wait til december and get tested here in manila.
Next time its always better to spit than to swallow.
Stay safe.
Bong
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Bong,
Thanks po. medyo lumuwag ang loob ko. kaso medyo kabado pa din ako kasi recently may LBM ako then may tumubong mouth sore sa bibig ko. medyo maliit lang pero kinakabahan ako. Hindi kaya symptoms ng HIV yon?
Nol
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Nol,
Almost anything naman can be a symptom of hiv infection, dipende sa reaction ng katawan ng tao pa rin yan, madalas nga walang kahit anung signs ans symptoms. Taking HIV out of the picture, anybody can have LBM or mouthsore at kahit sabay sabay pa, doesnt necessarily mean meron ka. There is no way to tell, Hiv test is the only way to know if indeed ur infected.
Minsan lang medyo napaparanoid tayo. Just take the test the soonest possible time na alam mong safe ka. Don't worry too much. Minsan masama lang talaga ang weather at madalas tayo magkasakit.
Relaks ka lang, kung may makikita kang anonymous testing site dyan, much better para malaman mo na ang katotohanan.
Bong
Monday, January 23, 2012
I NEED HELP!
I read your blog today (all of your entries) and made me think of my own status.
Ive been very promiscuous and deep inside me alam ko 99.9% na meron na ako HIV.
First time kong sumulat sa isang blogger and lakas loob lang talaga. I am sure youre wondering nag pa test na ba ako? - hindi pa. Wala akong lakas ng loob para mag pa test. Natatakot ako, nakakahiya...
Kung ngayon pa lang na hindi pa confirmed status ko na discriminate na ako outside. Nasa mall ako with friends, may group of gay guys na naka tambay sa isang coffee shop kung san din kami ng friends ko pumunta. Pag dating naman dun ang rami kaagad parinig.
"gosh, he really looks sick"
"naku sana mawala na sya dito... " Etc...
Nung nakaupo na kami, mas maraming parinig, patama na alam naming lahat para sa akin. Minadali ko coffee ko at umalis kunyari tumawag ang bahay at importante.
Ngayon, sobrang takot ako lumabas, dinner with family and friends dahil sa nangyari na pwede ulet mangyari sa akin.
Nakita ko yung post mo sa hiv travel restrictions... Biglang pumasok sa isip ko eh kung lumabas ako g bansa at mag trabaho sa walang restrictions... Kaya lang, paano yung maiiwan ko dito? Paano yung pamilya ko?
Naisip ko din... Na para matahimik ako, sige mag papatest na ako. Pero saan? Saan walang tao mastado? Saan yung di ka mapapansin? Siguro by now, masasabi mong i really care what other people would think about me - at affected ako, may it be good or bad.
Thanks.
PEDRO
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hello pedro,
ang pagsulat mo sa akin ay isang malaking step, salamat at naglakas loob ka.
unang una nais kong malaman mo na diskriminasyon ay talamak sa ating kultura.
madalas:
ang mga babae ay nadidiscriminate.
ang mga payat ay nadidiscriminate.
ang mga matataba ay nadidiscriminate.
ang mga mabababa ang height ay nadidiscriminate.
ang mga pangit ay nadidiscriminate.
ang mga bakla at lesbiyana ay nadidiscriminate.
at oo ang mga PLHIV ay nadidiscriminate din.
basta kakaiba, may potensyal na madiscriminate.
na lumalaban para ito ay wakasan, dahil hindi ito makatarungan.
ngunit sa ganang aki'y matagal pa o baka imposible pa sa ngayon na ito'y
mabura sa lipunang ating ginagalawan.
at dahil dito, dapat ay hindi dito magtatapos ang ating mundo, ang iyong mundo.
kung may nagdidiscriminate sa yo, tumayo ka at ipaglaban ang iyong sarili.
o maging matatag ka at wag mo silang pansinin.
ANG POINT KO IS - we cant please everyone, halos lahat ng tao may opinyon sa iba.
QUEBER NA! DONT CARE! TATANDA KA AGAD! PROMISE!
DONT RESTRICT YOUR LIFE. INSTEAD START ENJOYING IT.
LIVE IT.
walang pag aalinlangan --- kapag tiwala at mahal mo ang iyong sarili,
walang sinumang tao ang makakasira sa iyo.
totoo ngang maraming taong negatibo,
sila ay dapat iwasan.
ngunit totoo ring mas maraming taong sadyang mababait at positibo ang pananaw sa buhay,
siguro sila ang kelangan mong hanapin at samahan.
unang una na rito ang iyong pamilya lalong lao na ang iyong mga magulang,
naniniwala akong sila ang magiging karamay mo sa hirap at ginhawa.
humugot ka sa kanila ng pagmamahal at lakas ng loob.
gayundin ang iyong tunay na mga kaibigan, magtiwala ka sa kanila.
sila ang unang unang makakaunawa sa iyo at nakikilala kang lubusan.
sa isyu naman ng HIV...
dapat tandaan na ang sobrang "promiscuity" per se ay hindi sapat para sabihin
na ikaw ay siguradong may HIV na.
maaaring promiscuous ang isang tao pero siya naman ay may sapat na kaalaman
at naprapraktis ng safe sex.
maaari ring minsan lang lumandi ang isang tao ngunit dahil naging pabayasiya,
ay buminggo na sya ng bonggang bonnga at confeeeermed na sya.
ang katotohanan - ang risk for HIV ay nakasalalay sa maraming bagay, isa na rito ang
"high-risk" sexual behavior tulad ng unprotected penetrative sex. at marami pang iba.
ang lahat ng ito ay matututunan mo kapag nagpa HIV testing ka.
sapagkat ayon sa panuntunan, kaalinsabay dapat ng HIV Testing ang
1. HIV 101, 2. Pre-Test Counseling, at 3. Post-Test Counseling.
ang prosesong ito ang nagsusulong na maipalaganap ang tama at bagong
impormasyon ukol sa HIV/AIDS at iba pang Sexually Transmitted Infection (STIs).
layunin ng prosesong ito na magkaroon ng 'behavioural change' ang mga
taong daraan dito para makasiguradong maiwasan na ang paglaganap ng
HIV AIDS sa pilipinas (at least for those people who took the test).
kung lahat ng tao lang sana magpapatest. hayyyyy :(
datapwat subalit, hindi lahat ng HIV testing sites and private clinics ay
sumusunod sa ganitong proseso, lalong lalo na ang mga private testing
and diagnostic clinics (base sa aking mga panayam) - ito ang mga clinics
na hindi naman prayoridad at espesyalisasyon ang STI HIV AIDS.
kalimitan rin sa kanila ay may bayad.
para makasiguradong tama ang proseso at maasikaso ng mabuti ang iyong
pangangailangan hinggil sa HIV AIDS at STI, ang rekomendasyon ko ay pumunta
sa pinakamalapit na SOCIAL HYGIENE CLINICs (libre dito) narito ang listahan
http://theloveyourselfproject.blogspot.com/p/hiv-test-sites.html
gayundin sa mga NGO and advocacy groups na nagbibigay ng mga special testing dates.
halimbawa :
1. ASP (Aids Society of the Philippines) --- FREE HIV Confidential (with Pre and Post) Counseling and Testing every 1st Friday (5pm - 9pm) and 3rd Saturday (10am - 3pm) of the month - 2/F OTM Bldg. No. 71 Scout Tuason Street - Bgy South Triangle, Quezon City - For more info please call 3762541
2. The Love Yourself Project - nagsasagawa ng FREE testing every quarter (next one is on MARCH 4). http://loveyourself.ph/
narito ang aking blog entry about these groups:
http://parteeandplay.blogspot.com/2012/01/stakehoders-ngos-advocacy-groups.html
sa aking experience, mas kumportable ang pumunta sa mga social hygiene clinics at advocacy groups dahil ito ang kanilang forte (HIV AIDS STI) gayundin ay sila rin amg mga aktibo sa pagsusulong mga mga anti-disrimination and stigma campaigns kaya sapat lamang na isa alang alang nila ang mga espesyal na pangangailangan at atensyon nga mga tulad natin na sensitibo rito.
kung gusto mo talaga konti lang tao i highly recommend,
Makati Social Hygiene Clinic (discreet tinted & unmarked room at 7th floor of Makati City Hall),
JP Rizal St. Brgy. :Poblacion, Makati City / 8701615
look for Yoyie or Ms. Tess (Nurse)
or
Mandaluyong Social Hygiene Clinic
Dr. Yolanda Tuaño - Social Hygiene Clinic Physician
Lerma corner Vicencio Sts., Old Zaniga, Mandaluyong City / 5467799; 2115336
Mobile #: 09178424298
or
RITM Satellite Clinic
#1850 Leon Guinto Street, Malate, Manila
Phone: (+63-927) 704-8646
Contact person: Lean
Clinic hours: Mondays thru Saturdays, 9 AM to 6 PM
kung kailangan mo ng further refferal or gusto mong may makasama
pwede pa rin kitang matulungan, just ask.
bothered lang ako sa claims mo na 99.9% alam mong positive ka.
at nadiscriminate ka ---
do you look sickly?
did you lose a lot of weight?
are there any visible signs & symptoms?
and even if you answered YES on all my questions above, hindi pa rin ibig sabihin na may HIV ka na, dahil marami pang ibang sakit na maaaring iyon din ang sintomas.
HIV test lang ang tanging paraan para malaman mo kaya go ka na bilis.
ukol din sa option mo nag mangibang bansa sa mga bansang walang restrictions, malaking konsiderasyon din na dapat mong isipin na kung HIV Positive ka, libre ang gamot sa pilipinas para sa mga pilipino - pag nangibang bansa ka, maaring hindi libre ang gamot para sa mga dayuhan at ngayon pa lang ay sinasabi ko ng may kamahalan ang mga ARVs (anti-retroviral drugs) kaya dapat mo itong pag isipan.
unang step. magpatest ka. kung kailangan mo nga makakasama, magregister ka dito:
http://theloveyourselfproject.blogspot.com/p/i-want-to-get-tested.html
salamat at ako napili mong sulatan. touched ako promise ;)
okay sya keep me posted kung anu ng nangyari sa yo.
hiling ko na maging maligaya ka.
BONG
(PS: hiv is a matter of life and death, the key is early detection, for once you should stop thinking about other people and put yourself on top priority, isa lang ang buhay natin - huwag sayangin dahil lamang sa hiya or sa takot sa sasabihin ng iba)
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Stakeholders: NGOs & ADVOCACY GROUPs
- love to be part of this
- hanap pa ako ng time
- very very friendly bunch
- dami rin cute sa kanila (hehe)
- actually nasa new years resolution ko to
- jake is a good friend, very nice guy
- maganda rin ang ginagawa nila
- gusto ko sana to know more about them and join them
kaso andami ko na ginagawa kaya support support na
lang ako sa kanila
- naniniwala rin ako sa ginagawa ng grupo
- magagaling ang mga members nila kasi
natatap nila ang mga malalaking company and
high-end na mga endorsers and sponsors
- i sooo love niccolo cosme
- medyo active ako sa group na ito
- i actually found out i was positive a bit after i joined the group
- they have been my source of pride, purpose and support
- at syempre super naniniwala ako sa lahat ng ginagawa nila
- i believe we are the youngest group, and the most active especially online
- we focus on education, counseling, quarterly testing & outreach
Action for Health Initiatives, Inc. (ACHIEVE)
162-A Scout Fuentebella Extension, Barangay Sacred Heart, Quezon City 1103 Philippines
(+632) 426-6147 / 414-6130
http://www.achieve.org.ph/
- i heard they do legal assistance from those who have been discriminated
AIDS Society of the Philippines, Inc. (ASP)
2F OTM Building, No. 71 Scout Tuazon Street, Barangay South Triangle, Quezon City, 1103 Philippines
(+632) 376-2541 / 410-0204
http://www.aidsphil.org/
- they have a very discreet office in timog areag (QC) and they so special
free testing bi-monthly (1st Friday and 3rd Saturday of each month)
- nameet ko na ang mga key-people sa ASP --- i love them!
Health Action Information Network (HAIN)
26 Sampaguita Ave. Mapayapa Village II, Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City 1127 Philippines
(+632) 952-6312, 952-6409
http://www.hain.org/
- love ko rin sila, they provide training for groups who needs it
- ambabait grabe
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS – Philippines (UNAIDS-Philippines)
29F Yuchengco Tower, RCBC Plaza, 6819 Ayala Avenue corner. Sen Gil Puyat Avenue,
Makati City 1226 Philippines
(+632) 901-0412, 901-0414, 901-0415
http://www.unaids.org.ph/
- i met the country director Maria Teresa "Bai" Bagasao a couple of times recently
- super like ko sya, parang nanay, super down to earth
Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC)
3F, Bldg 15, Department of Health, San Lazaro Compound, Sta. Cruz, Manila, Philippines
(+632) 338-6440, 743-0512
http://www.pnac.org.ph/
- i met the executive director na rin, mabait din sya
Pinoy Plus Association, Inc. (PINOYPLUS)
1805 P. Guevarra Street, Sta. Cruz Manila
telefax: (+632) 743-7293
Mr. Jericho Paterno -President
email: pinoy_plus@yahoo.com
- im not a member of this group yet, not yet
- nabisita ko na ang office nila near San Lazaro
- membership is only for sero-positive people (PLHIV)
- they are the expert in helping out newly diagnosed PLHIV
who is going around their business in San Lazaro
- i heard Jericho talk one time and i was touched by his story
Positive Action Foundation of the Philippines, Inc. (PAFPI)
2613 Dian Street, Malate, Manila 1004 Philippines
(+632) 528-4531, 404-2911
http://www.pafpi.org/
- very limited information about this group
- i think they were an offshoot of PLHIV group from RITM originally
- membership is both sero-positive and sero-negative
Tropical Disease Foundation (TDF)
2F APMC Building, 136 Amorsolo corner P. Gamboa Streets, Legaspi Village, Makati City 1229 Philippines
(+632) 8170489; +632-8400714; +632-8129183
http://www.tdf.org.ph/
http://www.facebook.com/tdfphilippines
- di ko sila kilala (pa)
Youth AIDS Filipinas Alliance (YAFA)
c/o Adolescent RH Center, Social Hygiene Clinic, Manila Health Department, 208 Quiricada Street, Sta. Cruz, Manila
(+632) 711-6942
http://www.youthaidsfilipinasalliance.org/
- narinig ko na sila pero yun lang, hehe
TLF SHARE Collective (TLF)
2580 A. Bonifacio St., Brgy. Bangkal, Makati City
Telefax: +632 751 7047 | +632 728 8487
Email: tlfmanila@gmail.com
http://tlfshare.webs.com/
- i so love TLF, they provide training and technical for different groups
- i wish they can be more active pa
- mga kuya at ate ng adbokasiya
- sinimulan ni MAMU
Philippine NGO Support Program, Inc. (PHANSuP)
4/F VD&S Building, 59-B Panay Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines.
Tel/Fax: (+63)-332-1914 (tel/fax);
Email: raonebrida@yahoo.com ; raonebrida@gmail.com
http://www.aidsalliance.org/linkingorganisationdetails.aspx?id=15
http://www.facebook.com/PHANSUP
- i met some key people from the group, mabait din,
- they have a lot of ideas and projects in mind
- they have a lot of ideas and projects in mind
- i hope they can be more active and visible in the future
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