HIV Flashcards by Samantha Ganda

RA 8504 was approved on __________

FEBRUARY 13, 1998

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An act promulgating policies and prescribing measures for the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in the Philippines, instituting a nationwide HIV/AIDS information and education program, establishing a comprehensive monitoring system,
strengthening the Philippine National AIDS Council, and other purposes

RA 8504

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first case of HIV infection in the PHILIPPINES was reported when?

1984

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Condition characterized by combination of signs and symptoms, caused by HIV contracted from another person and which attacks and weakens the body’s immune system, making the affected individual susceptible to other life-threatening infections.

AIDS

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HIV testing procedure whereby the individual being tested does not reveal his/her true identity. An identifying number or symbol
is used to substitute for the name and allows the laboratory conducting the test and the person on whom the test is conducted
to match the test with the identifying number or symbol

ANONYMOUS TESTING

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HIV testing IMPOSED upon a person attended or characterized by the lack of or vitiated consent, use of physical force intimidation
or any form of compulsion.

COMPULSORY HIV TESTING

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Method of finding and counseling the sexual partners of a person who has been diagnosed as having sexually transmitted disease

CONTACT TRACING

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Virus which causes AIDS

HIV

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Documentation and analysis of the number of HIV/AIDS infections and the pattern of its spread

HIV MONITORING

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Measures aimed at protecting non-infecting persons from contracting HIV and minimizing the impact of the condition of persons
living with HIV

HIV PREVENTION AND CONTROL

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Presence of HIV infection as documented by the presence of HIV or HIV antibodies in the sample being tested

HIV POSITIVE

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Absence of HIV or HIV antibodies upon HIV testing

HUV NEGATIVE

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Voluntary agreement of a person to undergo or be subjected to a procedure based on full information, whether such permission
is written, conveyed verbally, or expressed indirectly

INFORMED CONSENT

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Relationship of Trust and confidence created or existing between a patient or a person with HIV and his attending physician

MEDICAL CONFIDENTIALITY

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Individual whose HIV test indicates, directly or indirectly that he/she is infected with HIV

PERSON WITH HIV

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Process of providing an individual information on the biomedical aspects of HIV/AIDS and emotional support to any psychological
implication of undergoing HIV testing and the test result itself BEFORE he/she is SUBJECTED TO THE TEST

PRE TEST COUNSELLING

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Process of providing Risk-reduction information and emotional support to a person who submitted to HIV testing at the time that
TEST RESULT IS RELEASED.

POST TEST COUNSELLING

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Any agent or device used to prevent the transmission of a disease

PROPHYLACTIC

Any disease that may be acquired or passed on through sexual contact

SEXUALLY TANSMITTED DISEASE

HIV testing done on an individual who, after having undergone pre-test counselling, willingly submits himself/herself to such test.

VOLUNTARY HIV TESTING

Period of time, usually lasting from 2 weeks to 6 months during which an infected individual will test “NEGATIVE” upon HIV
testing but actually transmit the infection.

WINDOW PERIOD

No laboratory or institution shall accept a donation of tissue or organ, whether such donation is gratuitous or onerous,
unless a sample from the donor has been tested negative for HIV. ALL DONATED BLOOD shall also be SUBJECTED TO HIV
TESTING AND HIV (+) BLOOD shall be DISPOSED OF PROPERLY AND IMMEDIATELY.

SEC 12

No compulsory HIV testing shall be allowed and have written and lawful consent

SEC 15

written informed consent must first be obtained. Such consent shall be obtained from the person concerned if :

- LEGAL AGE - From the parents or legal guardian in the case of a minor, or a mentally incapacitated individual.

Lawful consent to HIV testing of a donated human body, organ, tissue, or blood shall be considered as having been given when:

a. A person VOLUNTEERS or freely agrees to donate his/her blood, organ, or tissue for transfusion, transplantation or research. b. A person has executed a legacy in accordance with section3 of RA 7170, also known as the “ORGAN DONATION ACT OF 1991”. c. A donation is executed in accordance with section 4 RA 7170

An act strengthening the Philippine comprehensive policy on HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care, and support, and reconstituting the Philippine National Aids Council, Repealing for the purpose for the RA 8504 and appropriating funds

RA 11166

when was the RA 11166 approved?

DECEMEBER 20, 2018

Treatment that stops or suppress viral replication of a retrovirus like HIV, thereby slowing down the progression of infection

Anti-Retroviral Therapy

Unfair or unjust treatment

Discrimination

Group or persons at higher risk of HIV exposure, or affected population whose behavior make them likely to be exposed to HIV or to transmit the virus

Key affected population

Legal principle that recognizes the capacity of some minors to consent independently to medical procedures, if they have been assessed by qualified health professionals to understand the nature of procedure and their consequences to make a decision on their own

Mature minor doctrine

Illness caused by organism, many of which do not cause disease in person with healthy immune system

Opportunistic infections

Use of prescription drugs as a strategy for the prevention of HIV infection by people who do not have the HIV and AIDS

Pre-Exposure prophylaxis

Preventive medical treatment started immediately after exposure to pathogen in order to prevent infection by the pathogen and the development of the disease

Post-Exposure prophylaxis

Act of compensation for unfairness, grievance, and reparation

Redress

Choices made and behaviors adopted by a person to reduce or minimized the risk of HIV transmission

Safer sex practices

Direction of emotional , sexual attraction or conduct towards people of the same sex or people of both sexes

Sexual orientation

Set of policies and programs designed to reduce poverty and vulnerability by promoting efficient labor markets

Social protection

Dynamic devaluation and dehumanization of an individual in the eyes of others, which may be based on attributes that are arbitrarily defined by others as discreditable or unworthy, and which results in discrimination when acted upon

Stigma

Private and public hospitals or medical establishments accredited by the DOH to have the capacity and facility to provide treatment and care services to PLHIV

Treatment hubs

HIV testing done on an individual who, after having undergone pre-test counsel willingly submits to such test

Voluntary HIV testing

refers to interpersonal and dynamic communication process between a client and trained counselor.

HIV counseling

written consent from the person taking the test and which must be obtained first before HIV testing

Express consent

consent that is indirectly given by reason of operation of law

Implied consen