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

Showing posts with label HIV and Pregnancy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HIV and Pregnancy. Show all posts

Friday, January 24, 2014

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Email 467: Can I Have Children?

hi i am mg, i just want to ask that i have hiv for 3 years ago.. then now, my point is if theres a way na pwd pa bang mka anak..at my pag asa pbang gumaling ako.

mg

Thursday, November 14, 2013

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Email 383: Worried Girl


Hello po. Knakahaban na po kse ako :( I'm girl and I'm pregnant. Yung boyfriend ko po kse, lagi nagkkalagnat halos every month po pero sbe nya ganun daw po tlga sya. tpos 1 time nagkarash sya pero 1 daw lng. Tpos nagkaroon po sya ng genital warts. Knkahaban na po kse ako. Ako ung nakauna sknya pero di sya nakauna skin. Mnsan nagkkalagnat po sya ng walang dahilan. Knakahaban na po kse ako. Possible po bang nahawaan ko sya ng hiv? Di ko pa kse alam kung may hiv ako. Maapektuhan po ba yung baby ko?

 TRANSLATION

 Hello. I am scared. I'm a girl and I'm pregnant. My boyfriend has fever almost every month but he said that it happens to him all the time. One time had one day of rash. Then he had genital warts. I am just scared. I was the his first but he wasn't mine. Sometimes he would have fever for no reason. Now I am pretty scared. Is it possible that I transmitted HIV to him? I don't now if I have HIV. Will it affect my baby?

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

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Email 526: HIV Treatment and Pregnancy


Hi! I talked to my roomate's Mom who's a doctor.. 

I just wanna know if it's true that the HIV treatment is free? And what about my pregnancy? Does it mean that I cannot be pregnant forever? Getting married this year.. Thank you..

 XXX

Monday, July 29, 2013

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Pregnancy and HIV

I have received a lot of emails from both women and men who have HIV here in the Philippines and who are living in other countries, who feel that their dreams of having a family has been shuttered because of our incurable disease. Both husbands and wives are worried that they will pass the virus to both their partners and their babies during the process.

 Because of this I researched about it and I found some answers in the 100 Questions and Answers About HIV and AIDS, 2nd Ed., by Joel Gallant, MD, MPH. I will post both his number 76 and number 77 questions here,
1. What if I want to get pregnant?
2. How Can I father a child with an HIV-negative woman?

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

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Email 475: HIV+ Wants to Be a Father


hi pozziepinoy! I have a question. I am HIV+ and I want to know kung pwede pa rin ba ako makabuo ng baby with an hiv negative partner na hindi siya mahahawa at yung baby? may nabasa ako about pre exposure prophylaxis. malaki ba yung chance na mahawaan yung girl at yung baby? May mga methods ba na dapat sundin? worried ako kasi gusto ko pa magkapamilya at ayaw kong mahawaan yung partner ko yung magiging anak namin.

TRANSLATION

Hi Pozziepinoy! I Have a question. I am HIV+ and I want to know if it is possible that I can have a baby with an HIV negative partner and she won't get the virus or the baby? I have read about pre exposure prophylaxis. Is there a big chance that the girl and the baby will get it? Are there methods that we need to follow? I am worried because I want to have a family of my own and I don't want my partner and the baby to get it

Friday, May 31, 2013

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Email 379: Pregnancy and the HIV Test


Hello and good day everyone.

Im back to tell you the good news about my confirmatory test result..Last may 22 one staff in the medical center where our medical was done called me and said that I need to go there because the Dr will need to talk to me about the result when I heard that my heart beats fast because that day can change my whole life.I experience sleepless night especially the day when they call me. When Im on my way I keep praying holding the handkerchief of black nazarene and inside that is a rosary and black nazarene necklace..Our DR told me that  ll be the one who will open the envelope of my confirmatory result Im very nervous during that time and thanks god its both non reactive..NOw I can say that I can now pursue my dreams to work in other country and live there with my own family .GOd never neglect me and I wll give my highest praise to him .JUst pray with all your heart and god will listen.THis things serves me a lesson that I need
to be more careful in my  job because as a healthcare worker we are high risk to get this kind of disease..

XXX

POZZIEPINOY'S RESPONSE

Hi XXX.

Thank you for your email again.

I am glad that everything turned out well. Like what my previous response to you, which Dr. Ditangco concurred, pregnancy can produce a false positive result in the HIV test because of the blood chemistry changes during pregnancy. I am happy that what you have experienced didn't dyer you from retaking the test. Now, life for you has opened a wider door, for you to reach once again all your dreams.

Stay healthy,
Pozziepinoy
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