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• Repealed RA 8504 or the Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998
• Approved: December 20, 2018 , Signed by: Rodrigo Duterte
• Permanent chairperson: DOH Secretary
• Vice chairperson (3-year term): elected from the government agency members.
• Members (3-year term, renewable once): from civil society organizations .
• CSO - group of non-governmental and noncommercial individuals or legal entities that are engaged in non-coerced collective action around shared interest, purposes and values
• AIDS MEDIUM TERM PLAN(АМТР) - The 6-year multi-sectoral strategic plan toprevent and control the spread of HIV andAIDS in the country
• EPIDEMIOLOGY BUREAU ofthe DOH - Determine and monitor the magnitude and progression of HIV andAIDS in the country (provide a list of priority areas)Receive, collate, process, and evaluate all HIV-and-AIDS-relatedmedical reports from hospitals, clinics, laboratories, and testing
• PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS - The country’s response to the HIV and AIDS situation shall be anchored on the principle of human rights and human dignity
• infected hiv blood bags - research institute for tropical medical
• 15-17 years old: consent shall be obtained from the child
• SACCL -STD AIDS Cooperative Center Laboratory
• Screening (immunoassay)window period: 2 weeks to 6months
• confirmatory testing for patients with hiv in San Lazaro Hospital
• if test result turns out intermediate in confirmatory testing it will be repeated after 6 weeks
• Contact Tracing - the method of finding and counselling the sexual partners of a person diagnosed with HIV
• Liability under Articles 19, 20, 21, and 26 of the new Civil Code of the Philippines and RA 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012
• If alien: deportation after serving the penalties
• Collected penalties: put into a special fund administered by PNAC
• If government employee or public official: perpetual or temporary absolute disqualification from office