Ra11166 (Hiv Law)
Ra11166 (Hiv Law)
Ra11166 (Hiv Law)
11166
“Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act”
§ Abstinence
§ Monogamous Relationship
§ Protected Sex
§ Sterile needles
§ New shaving/cutting blades
HIV TESTING
Source: https://www.avert.org/global-hiv-and-aids-statistics
HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC TRENDS IN THE PHILIPPINES
(January 1984 - June 2019)
The first case of HIV infection in the Philippines was reported in 1984. Since
then, there have been 68,401 confirmed HIV cases reported to the HIV/AIDS
and ART Registry of the Philippines (HARP).
Source: https://www.doh.gov.ph/sites/default/files/statistics/HIV-2019-June.pdf
PREVALENCE OF HIV IN THE PHILIPPINES
Average number of people newly diagnosed with HIV
per day in selected years:
Source: https://www.doh.gov.ph/sites/default/files/statistics/HIV-2019-June.pdf
PREVALENCE OF HIV IN THE PHILIPPINES
Number of newly diagnosed cases per month, from 2017 to 2019:
Source: https://www.doh.gov.ph/sites/default/files/statistics/HIV-2019-June.pdf
PREVALENCE OF HIV IN DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS
Source: https://www.doh.gov.ph/sites/default/files/statistics/HIV-2019-June.pdf
PREVALENCE OF HIV ACCORDING TO THE MODES
OF TRANSMISSION
Source: https://www.doh.gov.ph/sites/default/files/statistics/HIV-2019-June.pdf
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11166
“PHILIPPINE HIV AND AIDS POLICY ACT”
GENERAL INFORMATION
RA 8504: “Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998”
• Consists of 9 articles
• With 52 sections
• Approved on February 13, 1998 by President Fidel V. Ramos
(e) Monitor the progress of the response to the country's HIV and AIDS
situation;
(f) Monitor the implementation of the AMTP
(g) Mobilize sources of funds for the AMTP;
(h) Mobilize its members to conduct monitoring and evaluation of HIV-
related programs, policies, and services within their mandate;
(i) Coordinate, organize, and work in partnership with foreign and
international organizations (funding, data collection, research, and
prevention and treatment modalities on HIV and AIDS) and ensure
foreign funded programs are aligned to the national response;
(j) Advocate for policy reforms to Congress and other government
agencies;
THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL AIDS COUNCIL
(k) Submit an annual report to the Office of the President, Congress, and
the members of the Council;
(l) Identify gaps in the national response on the part of government
agencies and its partners from civil society and international
organizations;
(m) Recommend policies and programs.
THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL AIDS COUNCIL
§ Memberships and Composition:
(1) Department of Health (DOH);
(2) Department of Education (DepEd);
(3) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE);
(4) Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD);
(5) Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG);
(6) Civil Service Commission (CSC);
(7) Commission on Higher Education (CHED);
(8) National Youth Commission (NYC);
(9) Philippine Information Agency (PIA);
(10) Department of Budget and Management;
(11) The Chairperson of the Committee on Health and Demography of the Senate of the
Philippines or his representative;
(12) The Chairperson of the Committee on Health of the House of Representative or his
representative;
(13-14) Two (2) representatives from organizations of persons living with HIV and AIDS;
(15) One (1) representative from a private organization with expertise in standard setting
and service delivery; and
(16-21) Six (6) representatives from NGOs working for the welfare or identified key
populations.
THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL AIDS COUNCIL
§ The PNAC shall formulate and periodically update the six (6)-year
AMTP, a national multi-sectoral strategic plan to prevent and control
the spread of HIV and AIDS in the country. The AMTP shall include the
following.
§ (a) The country's target and strategies in addressing the HIV and AIDS
situation;
§ (b)The prevention, treatment care and support, and other components
of the country's response;
§ (c) The operationalization of the program and identification of the
government agencies responsible for implementing, overseeing,
coordinating, facilitating, and monitoring;
§ (d) The budgetary requirements and identify the sources of funds for
its implementation.
ROLE OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
§ The National HIV and AIDS and STI Prevention and Control Program
(NASPCP) of the DOH, which shall be composed of qualified medical
specialist and support personnel shall coordinate with the PNAC.
§ The Epidemiology Bureau shall maintain a comprehensive HIV and
AIDS monitoring and evaluation program that shall serve the following
purposes:
(a) Determine and monitor the magnitude and progression of HIV
and AIDS in the Philippines
(b) Receive, collate, process, and evaluate all HIV-and-AIDS-related
medical reports from all hospitals, clinics, laboratories and testing
centers (it shall adopt a coding system that ensures anonymity
and confidentiality)
(c) Submit, through its Secretariat, quarterly and annual reports to
the PNAC containing the findings of its monitoring and evaluation
activities in compliance with this mandate.
PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
§ Education in the Workplace: DOLE for the private sector, Civil Service
Commission for the public sector, and AFP and PNP for the uniformed
service shall implement this provision.
§ Public and private employers and employees, members of the
Armed Forces of the Philippine (AFP) and the Philippine National
Police (PNP) shall be regularly provided with standardized basic
information and instruction of HIV and AIDS, including topics on
confidentiality in the workplace and reduction or elimination of
stigma and discrimination.
§ Education for Filipinos Going Abroad: DOLE, Philippine Overseas
Employment Agency (POEA) and the Overseas Workers Welfare
Administration (OWWA), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),
and the Commission on Filipino Overseas (CFO)
§ Attend a seminar on the causes, manner of prevention, and impact
of HIV and AIDS, before being granted a certification for overseas
assignment:
INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND
COMMUNICATION
§ Information for Tourists and Transients: Philippine Information
Agency, Department of Tourism (DOT) and Department of
Transportation (DOTr)
§ Educational materials shall be adequately provided at all
international and local ports of entry and exit.
§ Education in Communities: DILG, the Union of Local Authorities of
the Philippines (ULAP), the League of Provinces of the Philippines
(LPP), the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP), the League of
Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP), and Liga ng mga Barangay sa
Pilipinas through the Local AIDS Councils (LAC) or the local health
boards, Local Council for the Protection of Children (LCPC),
Sangguniang Kabataan and Association of Barangay Captains
§ Indigenous peoples communities and geographically isolated and
disadvantaged areas (GIDA) shall also be given due focus in the
implementation of this section.
§ The DILG, DSWD and the NYC, shall also conduct age-appropriate
HIV and AIDS education for out-of-school youth.
PEVENTIVE MEASURES, SAFE PRACTICES AND
PROCEDURES
(c) All donors whose blood, organ or tissue has been tested positive
shall be deferred from donation, notified of their HIV status, counselled,
and referred for care and clinical management as soon as possible;
(d) Donations of blood, tissue, or organ testing positive for HIV may be
accepted for research purposes only, and shall be subject to strict
sanitary disposal requirements; and
(e) A second testing may be demanded as a matter of right by the blood,
tissue, or organ recipient or his/her immediate relatives before
transfusion or transplant, except during emergency cases.
SCREENING, TESTING AND COUNSELING
§ Treatment of Persons Living with HIV and AIDS. The DOH shall
establish a program that will provide free and accessible ART and
medication for opportunistic infections to all PLHIVs who are enrolled
in the program.
§ Access to Medical Services by Indigents. Indigent persons living with
HIV shall not be deprived of access to medical services.
§ Economic Empowerment and Support. PLHIV shall not be deprives of
any employment, livelihood, micro-finance, self-help, and cooperative
programs by reason of their HIV status.
§ Care and Support for Persons Living with HIV. Peer-led counseling and
support, social protection, welfare assistance, and mechanisms for
case management.
HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES
§ The confidentiality and privacy of any individual who has been tested
for HIV, has been exposed to HIV, has HIV infection or HIV- and AIDS-
related illnesses, or was treated for HIV-related illnesses shall be
guaranteed.
§ Disclosure of Confidential HIV ad AIDS Information. It shall be unlawful
to disclose, without written consent, information that a person has
AIDS, has undergone HIV-related test, has HIV infection or HIV-related
illnesses, or has been exposed to HIV.
CONFIDENTIALITY
IMPRISONMENT FINE
IMPRISONMENT FINE
Fifty thousand pesos
(P50,000.00) to One hundred
Breaches confidentiality Six (6) months to two (2) years
fifty thousand pesos
(P150,000.00)
Mass dissemination of the HIV
One hundred fifty thousand
status of a person (spreading
Two (2) years and one (1) day pesos (P150,000.00) to Three
the information online or
to five (5) years hundred fifty thousand pesos
making statements to the
(P350,000.00)
media)
Breaches confidentiality (health
professional, medical instructor,
Three hundred fifty thousand
worker, employer, recruitment
Five (5) years and one (1) day to pesos (P350,000.00) to Five
agency, insurance company,
seven (7) years hundred thousand pesos
data encoder, and other
(P500,000.00),
custodian of any medical
record, file, data, or test result)
Fifty thousand pesos
On discriminatory acts and
Six (6) months to five (5) years (P50,000.00) to Five hundred
practices
thousand (P500,000.00),
PENALTIES
IMPRISONMENT FINE
Obtained knowledge of
confidential HIV and AIDS
Face liability under Articles 19, 20, 21 and 26 of the new Civil Code
information and uses such
of the Philippines and relevant provisions of Republic Act No.
information to malign or cause
10173, otherwise known as the "Data Privacy Act of 2012".
damage injury, or loss to
another person