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 Hepatitis B. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hepatitis B. Show all posts

Thursday, February 21, 2013

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Email 256: Oral Sex and Hepa B

Hi can I ask Dr. Philip if what is the risk of getting Hep B through giving oral sex and the partner ejaculated in the mouth? There was no cuts or bleeding during the activity. Please and thanks!

Friday, January 4, 2013

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Email 190: On Blood Donation, HIV & Hepa B

Hi. 

I once volunteered to donate a blood for a friend who is about to give birth. After the screening process the medical transcriptionist informed me that I failed the test and is HIV positive. It took me awhile to process what she said and was evidently shocked with the result. She told me that I have been infected 3 months ago (somewhere around May) I tried to recall any sexual activity that took place on that time frame and results to none. I informed her about this and she said that there are instances that I have it over a year but only shows at a later time (she was referring to the 3 months she initially said) being someone who always believes on consistency I doubted her arguments. 

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

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Email 153: On HIV and Hepatitis B


Hi,

Good day to you Pozzie, I was exploring the net for possible solution to my problems until I hit your page. By the way you can call me XXX, I was diagnosed as HIV positive last October and currently taking oral prophylaxis together with my ARVs.

As of the moment, I'm not having any problems with my medications except for the flu like feeling which the doctor said is normal and just an effect of my ARVs but my body will eventually adjust to it as time goes on.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

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Email 118: Hepatitis Test and HIV


Hi Sir:

I want to ask if I want to be tested for hepatitis, will it also show in the result if I am reactive to HIV?

XXX

Saturday, November 10, 2012

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Email 109: "My Experience in RITM-Satellite Clinic"



This email talks about a personal experience in RITM Satellite Clinic:

"I engaged myself very much with unprotected sex since college years, that is, roughly 5 years of making myself sexually satisfied and took for granted the possibility of getting infected.  I had minimal sexual partners but countless sexual encounters with them and never thought of using condom on every occasion and never thought of their past sexual experiences.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

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"Spiderman's Fight"


Ate Beth of RITM-ARG, two weeks ago texted me about the 28 year old, unemployed "Spiderman". She told me about this new patient who went to RITM-ARG, who was referred by a Self Empowerment Training (SET) participant. She met him in the clinic, with body rashes and blurred vision. Ate Beth said that her chest tightened up when he saw him being assisted by his 70 year old aunt as he had no other relatives to assist him.

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