8504

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  • Republic Act 8504 is also known as
    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

    Voluntary HIV testing