Living with HIV in the Philippines

The official blog of The Project Red Ribbon Care Management Foundation, Inc. (TRR).

  • TRR LOVE FUND

    TRR Love Fund is the arm of the foundation which provides medical assistance to the financially challenged PLHIV.

  • Care assistance for HIV Test

    The Care Assistant Program involves assistance to HIV testing and HIV and AIDS Treatment hubs in the Philippines. Our volunteers schedule the client to the clinic or hub, assist with the procedure in the clinic or hub and conduct peer counseling

  • HOTLINE ASSISTANCE

    With the TRR Hotline Numbers, our volunteers answer concerns and inquiries about HIV and AIDS, do counselling, refers clients to nearest HIV Testing facility, HIV and AIDS Treatment Hub and government and NGO organizations for support

  • PEER COUNSELING

    The foundation volunteers conduct one-on-one counseling either on the phone or in person. They also conduct group counseling

  • SUPPORT GROUP TALK

    The support group talk (SGT) is a program that involves giving HIV lectures by guest speakers, discuss topics about HIV, care, treatment and support, discussion issues related to HIV

  • OUTREACH PROGRAM

    The foundation's outreach program is geared towards providing support to our fellow PLHIV's in the HIV and AIDS Treatment Hubs. Volunteers hand out of donations of medicines and special gifts to PLHIV, give inspirational talks by invited guests to a group of PLHIV, bonding over snacks or meal, visit the sick who are confined in the hospital

  • Referral System

    As part of treatment, the foundation's referral program involves our volunteers referring clients to specialized doctors who are HIV friendly. The foundation has it's own list of specialty doctors of low cost for the indigent PLHIV.

  • Online Support Group

    The foundation has a private Online Support Group in facebook. This group of advocates, supporters, counselors, health Workers and PLHIV

  • Home Health

    Aside from client counselling, the foundation volunteers also do family counselling and home visitation for awareness and continuance of care.

  • Health Fitness

    The foundation believes in holistic approach to treatment and care, thus inclusion of these programs: yoga, dance, swimming, jogging and running, boot camp workouts

  • EVENTS

    As part of awareness and education program, the foundation organizes its own national events to coincide with the international AIDS events: World AIDS Day and International AIDS Candlelight Memorial

Saturday, June 2, 2018

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Leading By Example: Health Secretary took the HIV Screening


In May 16, 2018, as a kickoff activity of the Department of Health, the World Health Organisation, the Philippine National AIDS Council, the Manila Social Hygiene Clinic and Project Red Ribbon, a free and confidential HIV Screening in the Workplace was conducted from 9am to 5pm for DOH Central Offices. More than 50 volunteers of Project Red Ribbon facilitated the HIV Screening to employees including the Health Secretary Duque and majority of the Assistant and Undersecretaries of Health. 440 employees took the HIV screening. 


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NYC Inks MOU with Project Red Ribbon

National Youth Commission Signs MOU with Project Red Ribbon for National Youth HIV and AIDS Prevention Program

MAY 30, 2018 – The National Youth Commission (NYC) has just recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Project Red Ribbon, a well-known HIV and AIDS Foundation that specializes in HIV Awareness, HIV Screening, Treatment, and Care & Support in Response to HIV Epidemic especially among the youth.
Project Red Ribbon and National Youth Commission Officials at Memorandum of Understanding Signing on May 30, 2018

Through their National Youth HIV and AIDS Prevention Program, the National Youth Commission will be working closely with Project Red Ribbon for the national and region-wide HIV awareness, prevention, testing, link-to-care, and link-to-treatment programs starting June 2018.
NYC Commissioner representing Visayas and Chairperson on Committee on Health, ASec. Rhea Penaflor said that the National Youth Commission would like to enable the youth to be correctly informed about HIV and AIDS. They also would like the youth to voluntarily test themselves on HIV so they can be linked to care and treatment, just in case they are HIV positive.
ASec. Penaflor added: “We want that all barriers and stigma preventing the youth from coming forward for voluntary HIV testing and treatment be eliminated.”
Project Red Ribbon President and CEO IcoRodulfo Johnson has also stated that Project Red Ribbon is excited to formally have a partnership with NYC in order to jointly address the pressing issues about the HIV epidemic among the youth in the country.
He said, “We look forward to a strong and fruitful relationship to break the stigma and discrimination attached to HIV, to empower the youth organizations with the knowledge and skills for HIV prevention and testing, help link to care [for] those who have been affected with HIV and save lives.”
This was brought on by a need to push for strengthening the Republic Act No. 8504 or the “Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998” because of the statistics presented.
According to the HIV AIDS and ART Registry of the Philippines (HARP) and the 2015 Integrated HIV Behavioral and Serologic Surveillance (IHBSS), there was an unprecedented increase in the number of HIV infections from 2011 to 2015 among adolescents and the youth. The data showed that there were 321 youth, ranging from 15 to 24 years old, or 32% who were found HIV positive in 2017.

In order to give a resolution to this problem, the National Youth Commission, along with Project Red Ribbon, decided to spearhead the National Youth HIV and AIDS Program. Hopefully, with this objective in mind and with the help of the program, there might be an improvement in the data about HIV awareness and prevention.

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HIV Education, Awareness, Testimonial and Screening in Batangas

With the collaborative efforts of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines, and the Project Red Ribbon, we have successfully conducted our HIV Education and Awareness and Screening to the youth campers of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines held in Barangay Sampa, Sta.Teresita, Province of Batangas from 10am to 4pm. 











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Philippine HIV and AIDS Registry: February 2018 Report








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HIV and AIDS Registry of the Philippines: March 2018








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