HIV PREVENTION AND CONTROL LAW Flashcards
Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998 or RA ____?
RA 8504
time when there is a Spread of HIV from chimpanzees to humans
1990s
Bushmeat Theory- eat chimpanzees (not cooked) through blood-to-blood contact
Bushmeat Theory
time when the Earliest case of AIDS appears in the Midwest
1968s
when is the start of the epidemic in the united states
1980s
how many HIV infections happening in a day
32
aka AWARENESS RIBBON ; solidarity of people living with HIV/AIDS; prevent drug abuse and drunk driving
RED RIBBON
is “A disease that recognizes NO territorial, social, political
and economic boundaries for which there is NO KNOWN CURE”
AIDS
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 educational
program, establishing a comprehensive HIV/AIDS monitoring
system, strengthening the Philippine National Aids Council, and for
other purposes
Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998 (RA 8504)
Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998 (RA 8504) was approved on
February 13, 1998
how many section are there in RA 8504
52 sections
how many articles are there in RA 8504
Nine (9)
how many articles are there in RA 8504
Nine (9`)
a condition characterized by a
combination of signs and symptomscaused by HIV contracted from another
person and which caused by HIV contracted from another person and which attacks and weakens the body’s immune system making the afflicted individual susceptible to other life-threatening infections
(immunocompromised)- new
susceptible to life threatening
“Acquired
Immune Deficiency
Syndrome (AIDS)”
refers to an HIV testing procedure Individual being tested does not reveal
his/her true identity.
Anonymous
Testing
- used in Anonymous
Testing 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 results with the _____
Identifying number or symbol
refers to HIV testing imposed upon a
person attended
Compulsory HIV
Testing
a test for HIV that is Characterized by:
lack of or vitiated consent,
use of physical force,
intimidation or any form of
compulsion
Compulsory HIV
Testing
refers to HIV testing done on an
individual who, after having undergone
pre-test counselling, willingly submits
himself/herself to such test
Voluntary HIV
Testing
Refers to the method of finding and
counselling the sexual partner(s) of a
person who has been diagnosed as
having sexually transmitted disease.
Contact Tracing
refers to the virus which causes AIDS
Human
Immunodeficiency
Virus
refers to the documentation and
analysis of the number of HIV and AIDS
infections and the pattern of its spread
HIV and AIDS
Monitoring
refers to measures aimed at protecting
non-infected persons from contracting
HIV and minimizing the impact of the
condition on persons living with HIV
“HIV and AIDS
Prevention and
Control
refers to the transfer of HIV from one
infected person to an uninfected
individual, through:
unprotected sexual intercourse
blood transfusion
sharing of contaminated
intravenous needles
or which may occur during
pregnancy (vertical
transmission) , delivery, and
breastfeeding
“HIV
Transmission”