MODULE 8: PHILIPPINE HIV LAWS Flashcards
known as “Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act”, is an act strengthening the Philippine comprehensive policy on HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care, and support, and reconstituting the Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC).
R.A No. 11166
known as the “Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998”, and appropriating funds therefor. It is composed of 57 sections.
Republic Act No. 8504
HIV means…
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
AIDS means…
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
PNAC means…
Philippine National AIDS Council
Section 1
Title
Section 2
Declaration of Policies
Section 3
Definition of terms
Section 4-8
Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC)
Section 8
AIDS Medium Term Plan (AMTP)
Section 9
The Role of DOH
Section 10
Protection of Human Rights
Section 11-22
Information, Education, and Communication
Section 23-28
Preventive Measure, Safe Practices and Procedures
Section 29-32
Screening, Testing & Counseling
Section 33-43
Health and Support Services
Section 44-48
Confidentiality
Section 49
Discriminatory Acts & Practices
Section 50-51
Penalties
Section 52-53
Final Provisions
Section 54
Implementing Rules and Regulations
Section 55
Repealing Clause
Section 56
Separability Clause
Section 57
Effectivity
law talks about the policies and programs that the state should establish for the control, prevention, and management of HIV/ AIDS cases. Delivery of HIV and AIDS-related service is also ensured in the sense that the welfare of the Filipinos is respected and protected. In short, all the policies are anchored on the principles of human rights and emphasizes promoting care, support, and treatment to all individuals.
Section 2
different terms are defined but we will only focus on some important ones
Section 3
refers to a health condition where there is a deficiency of the immune system that stems from infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) making an individual susceptible to opportunistic infections.
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
refers to the treatment that stops or suppresses viral
replication or replications of a retrovirus, like HIV, thereby slowing down the progression of infection.
Anti-retroviral therapy (ART)
refer to groups of nongovernmental and noncommercial individuals or legal entities that are engaged in non-coerced collective action around shared interests, purpose and values.
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
refers to HIV testing imposed upon an individual characterized by lack of consent, use of force or intimidation, the use of testing as a prerequisite for
employment or other purposes, and other circumstances when informed choice is absent.
Compulsory HIV testing
refers to juridical entities legally organized
to provide or arrange for the provision of pre-agreed or designated health care services to its enrolled members for a fixed pre-paid fee for a specified period of time.
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
refers to the virus, of the type called retrovirus,
which infects cells of the human immune system, and destroys or impairs the cells’ function.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
refers to the interpersonal and dynamic communication process between a client and a trained counselor, who is bound by a code of ethics and practice, to resolve personal, social, or psychological problems and difficulties, whose objective in counseling, is to encourage the client to explore important personal issues, identify ways of coping with anxiety and stress, and plan for the future (keeping healthy, adhering to treatment, and preventing transmission); and in the context of a negative HIV test result, to encourage the client to explore motivations, options, and skills to stay HIV-negative.
HIV counseling
refers to any facility-based, mobile medical procedure, or community- based screening modalities that are conducted to determine the presence or absence of HIV in a person’s body.
HIV Testing
refers to the core duty of medical practice where the
information provided by the patient to health practitioners and his/her health status is kept
private and is not divulged to third parties.
Medical confidentiality
refers to the process by which the “index client”, “source”, or “patient”, who has a sexually transmitted infection (STI), including HIV, is given support in
order to notify and advise the partners that have been exposed to infection.
Partner notification
refers to any individual diagnosed to be infected with
HIV.
Person Living with HIV (PLHIV)
refers to the use of prescription drugs as a strategy for the prevention of HIV infection by people who do not have HIV and AIDS. It is an optional treatment which may be taken by people who are HIV-negative but who have substantial, higher-than-average risk of contracting an HIV infection.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis
refers to the process of providing an individual with information on the biomedical aspects of HIV and AIDS and emotional support to any psychological
implications of undergoing HIV testing and the test result itself BEFORE the individual is subjected to the test.
Pre-test counseling
refers to a preventive medical treatment started
immediately AFTER EXPOSURE to a pathogen (HIV) in order to prevent infection by the pathogen and the development of the disease.
Post-exposure prophylaxis
refers to the process of providing risk-reduction information and emotional support to a person who has submitted to HIV testing at the time the result is
released
Post-test counseling