NSTP 1: Family Planning and Prevention of STD’s & HIV Flashcards
DIED FROM AIDS
“I am not happy that I am sick. I am not happy that I have AIDS; but if that is helping others, I can at least know that my own misfortune has had some positive
worth.”
Rock Hudson
DIED FROM AIDS
Filipino AIDS activist and educator and the 2nd Filipino to go public with HIV at age 19 in 1994
Marissa Reynon or Sarah Jane Salazar
was the Philippines’ first movie on AIDS that
provided ‘a name and a face’ among the 50 recorded lives that were lost to AIDS in 1992.
DolzuraCortez Story
(t or f)
The Philippines is one of ONLY seven countries in the world where new cases are rising
(The others are Bangladesh, Armenia, Georgia,
Kazhakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, & Tajikistan)
true
(t or f)
All 17 regions, 72 of the 80 provinces are reporting HIV cases
true
Most At-Risk Areas
1.Metro-Manila
2. Metro-Cebu
3. Metro-Davao
Most At-Risk Areas as of 2023
From: HIV/AIDS and ART Registry of the Philippines: April 2023
1.Metro-Cebu
2. City of Manila
3. Quezon City
HIV Most At-Risk Population
- PIP
(People in Prostitution) - MSM
(Men who have sex with men) - IDU (Injecting Drug User)
HIV Vulnerable Population
- MARCY
(Most At Risk Children and
Young People (age 13-24)) - CSW (Commercial Sex
Workers) - OFW (Overseas Filipino
Workers)
This virus can only infect human beings
HIV
The effect of the virus is to create a deficiency (a failure to work properly) within the body’s immune system
true
-They are acellular.
-They reproduce at a fantastic rate, but only in living host cells.
-They can only infect a certain type of cell.
-The vast majority of viruses possess either DNA or RNA but not both.
-They can mutate.
virus
(t or f)
▪ helper T cells = CD4+ T cells
▪ CCR5 receptor = the mainline of protection
true
(t or f)
▪ Restriction 1: killer T cells = CD8+ T
▪ Restriction 2: B cells = B lymphocytes
true
(t or f)
▪ Mutation will continue .. (Superbug)
true