RT @JosefaSacko: I had a fruitful meeting with the @EUtoAU Ambassadors in AddisAbaba. We discussed the preparations of commission to commission meeting to held in Brussels on 28 Nov 2022. We also discussed the outcomes of @COP27P & our strategic AU-EU collaboration to attain #SGDs & #Agenda2063

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUtoAU/status/1595406470929338368

Dr. Bravo says that together, if we work hand in hand we can decrease the cases of this rising epidemic.

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"Simulan po naatin ang pagbawas ng stigma sa ating mga sarili at close circles," Dr. Leyritana encourages.

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Dr. Manalastas ends on a positive note, "Like any other problem, if we work together, we'll overcome all of this."

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Let's look back on our panelists' parting messages to the viewers.

Bagasao: COVID did set back our response to HIV but we also learned a lot about how to mitigate the challenges.

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Padilla: Once again, here is another epidemic that needs a whole of society and whole of government approach.

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Padilla: We must educate all [about HIV]--affected or not affected.

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To formally close the webinar, we have the Chancellor of UP Manila, Dr. Carmencita Padilla.

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Leyritana: Mahirap dalhin itong sakit na ito mag-isa.

The one thing I'm happy about HIV in the Philippines is the number of support systems.

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Leyritana: The overall message when delivering news that someone is HIV positive is hope.

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Teresita Marie Bagasao
Project Director of Meeting Targets and Achieving Epidemic Control (EpiC)-HIV, joins the panel.

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Felix: Sa ngayon, ako po ang founder ng APWAI.

Marami na po kaming mga bago at magagandang istorya patungkol sa mga kababaihan na namumuhay na may HIV.

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Felix: In 2007, nakita ko yung iba't ibang support groups at mga ahensya na nagbibigay ng opportunities para sa women living with HIV.

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Felix: Kinatakutan ako ng mga tao, nilagyan pa ako ng label na "universal precaution." Ano ibig sabihin noon? Kahit ako, hindi ko alam ang ibig sabihin.

Itong mga karanasan na ito ang nag-udyok sa akin para maging involved sa community.

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Felix also shares that in 2006, she had myoma. "Sabi sa clinic, ilagay na lang daw na meron akong hepatitis kesa HIV kasi mas tanggap ng community ang hepa."

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Trigger warning: suicide

Felix shares her experience upon learning that she was HIV-positive.

Due to fear, anxiety, stigma, and lack of proper information about the disease, she opens up about trying to kill herself before.

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Elena Felix from the Association of Positive Women Advocates Inc. (APWAI) will get the ball rolling for our panel discussion.

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Viewers may now type in their questions in the respective chat boxes.

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Manalastas: Let's reduce the stigma surrounding HIV, regardless of sexual orientation.

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Manalastas: Many of the patients that we see [in OB], they just have one lifetime sexual partner, and [still] some of them, they end up getting HIV.

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