The Philippine AIDS prevention and control act of 1998
Republic act 8504 has how many sections
52
Republic Act 8504 has nine articles
R.A 8504 was approved on
February 13, 1998
R.A 8504 was signed by
President Fidel V. Ramos
Article 1
Education and information
Article 2
Safe practices and procedures
Article 3
Testing, screening, and counseling
Article 4
Health and support services
Article 5
Monitoring
Article 6
Confidentiality
Article 7
Discriminatory acts and policies
Article 8
The Philippine national AIDS Council
Article 9
Miscellaneous provisions
Section 2. Declaration of policies
A condition characterized by a combination of signs and symptoms, caused by HIV contracted from another person
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or AIDS
Section 4. HIV or AIDS education in schools
Section 5. Hiv information as a health service
HIV testing procedure whereby the individual being tested does not reveal his or her true identity
Anonymous testing
Identifying symbols used for anonymous testing
Number or symbol
Hiv testing imposed upon a person attended or characterized by the lack of vitiated consent
Compulsory HIV testing
Method of finding and counseling the sexual partners of a person who has been diagnosed as having a sexually transmitted disease
Contact tracing
Virus which causes AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus or HIV
Documentation and analysis of the number of HIV or AIDS infections and the pattern of its spread
HIV or AIDS monitoring
Section 6. HIV or AIDS education in the workplace
Measures aimed at protecting non-infected person from contracting HIV and minimizing the impact of the condition of persons living with HIV
HIV or AIDS prevention and control
Refers to the presence of HIV infection as documented by the presence of HIV or HIV antibodies in the sample tested
Hiv- positive
Denotes the absence of HIV or HIV antibodies upon HIV testing
HIV-negative
Annie Laboratory procedure done on an individual to determine the presence or absence of HIV infection
Hiv testing
Is the transfer of HIV from one infected person to an uninfected individual
HIV transmission
A person's frequent involvement in certain activities which increase the risk of transmitting or acquiring HIV
High-risk behavior
The voluntary agreement of a person to undergo or be subjected or procedure based on full information, whether such permission is written, conveyed verbally, or express directly
Informed consent
The relationship of trust and confidence created or existing between a patient or a person with HIV and his attending physician, consulting medical specialist, nurse, bandicoot technologist and all other health workers or personal involved
Medical confidentiality
Individual whose HIV test indicates, directly or indirectly, that he or she is infected with HIV
Person with HIV
Process of providing an individual information on the biomedical aspects of HIV or AIDS and emotional support to any psychological implications of undergoing HIV testing and a test result itself before he or she is subjected to the test
Pre-test counselling
Providing risk reduction information and emotional support to a person who submit that HIV testing at the time the result is released
Post-test counseling
Any agent or device used to prevent the transmission of disease
Prophylactic
Section 9. HIV or AIDS education in communities
Any disease that may be acquired or passed through sexual contact
Sexually transmitted diseases
HIV testing done on an individual who, after having undergone pre-test counseling, willingly submits himself or herself to such test