HIV and AIDS Orientation

Jose Narciso Melchor C Sescon, MD, FPOGS President AIDS Society of the Philippines, Inc

2011 Global Estimated HIV Cases

34 Million PLHIVs
Sub-Saharan Africa* South & South23.5 million [22.1 24.8 million] East Asia* 4.0 million [3.1 5.2 million]

*Regions with the highest number of actual cases

Sources:

At the crossroads of an epidemic

The Philippines is one of the nine countries with increasing 25 percent prevalence
The other country are Bangladesh, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova and Sri Lanka

Source : UNAIDS Global Report 2012

The Philippine AIDS Registry

August 2013

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Quick Facts

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Number of New HIV Cases per Month (2011-2013)

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Number of HIV/AIDS Cases Reported in the Philippines by Year, Jan 1984 to August 2013 (N=14,856)

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Comparison of the Distribution of Male and Female HIV Cases by Age-Group and Certain Highlighted Years

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Reported Mode of HIV Transmission

Geographic Distribution

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Demographic Distribution (1984 2013)

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Reported Mode of HIV Transmission Among OFWs

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Number of OFWs Compared to Non-OFWs by Year (1984-2013)

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Number of Confirmed HIV Positive Blood Units

Month
January February March April July June July August 22 21 28 30 22 23 28 17

2013

Doubling Time
Everyday, 13 people become patient for life
2012: 9 new cases a day 278 396

2013*: 13 new cases a day

2011: 7 new cases a day 2010: 4 new cases a day
2007: 1 new case a day
2000: 1 new case every 3 days

196

131 63

44
26 29

15 16 17 18 10 15

* As of July 2013 Philippine AIDS Registry - DOH

Filipinos on ARV
As of July 2013 4,508 Filipino on Antiretroviral Therapy (ARV) 4,488 Adult regimen 20 pediatric regimen

Antiretroviral Drugs

HIV
HUMAN the virus can infect only human beings IMMUNO-DEFICIENCY the effect of the virus is to create a deficiency (a failure to work properly) within the bodys immune system VIRUS This organism is a retrovirus, which means it can reproduce itself by taking over the machinery of the human cell

AIDS
AQUIRED the infection may be transmitted from one person to another IMMUNE the immune system is compromised

DEFICIENCY The body can no longer fight off infections; individual may suffer from two or more opportunistic infections SYNDROME The person would experience a collection of symptoms which could be fatal

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3 MODES OF TRANSMISSION
PAKIKIPAG-TALIK NG WALANG PROTEKSYON (UNPROTECTED PENTRATIVE SEX)
BIBIG (ORAL) PUERTA (VAGINAL) PWET (ANAL)

PAGSALIN NG DUGONG NA MAY HIV (TRANSFER OF INFECTED BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS) INFECTED MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION

4 BODY FLUIDS
With high concentration of HIV

DUGO (BLOOD) TAMOD (SEMEN) HEMA (VAGINAL FLUIDS)

GATAS NG INA (BREASTMILK)

5 WAYS TO PREVENT HIV TRANSMISSION

A ABSTINENCE B BE MUTUALLY FAITHFUL C CORRECT AND CONSISTENT CONDOM USE D DO NOT USE ALCOHOL OR DRUGS E EDUCATION AND EARLY DETECTION

PRINCIPLES OF TRANSMISSION
E EXIT: where the virus leaves the body (blood, semen, vaginal fluid, breast milk) S SUFFICIENCY OF QUANTITY: the amount of virus sufficient to cause infection S SURVIVAL: The ability of the virus or microorganism to thrive in an environment E ENTRY: where the virus enters the body