HIV/AIDS

Researchers were saying before that HIV/AIDS in the Philippines was "low and slow", but now, its going the other way around. While the rate of infection for the rest of the world is going down, we are trending up. I think that we failed to anticipate how social media - access to internet, mobile technology became an engine for the spread of infection. We knew that it was gonna happen, but we lack the forsight to use our previous successes in prevention programs to translate it to new innovation. I know that this is not a blame game, and im not pointing any finger. What im saying is that we can do better, and we are, right now. As more people, and more sectors get involved, it will be done.  

Repro Health

Its about time congress passes this measure. The RH bill will address a lot of issues, including adolescent health, STDs/HIV/AIDS, men and women's RH concern, access to services which includes education, counseling and medical health. Only good things will come out from this measure. Giving people an informed choice, and letting them decide for themselves what they want to do with the size of their family, how to best protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases, learning lifeskills for the youth - on peer pressure, saying "No", preventing teenage pregnancy. I know the catholic church would raise hell, but this is gonna be heaven for our poverty stricken country. Its a necessary measure to bring hope to the next generation.