LoveYourself Counselors: a Continuous Learning Experience
Soon after the successful Quickie by LoveYourself Confidential HIV testing event last September 20 at the Makati Friendship Suites, more than 70 of LoveYourself's HIV-trained counselors came together for the 1st LoveYourself Counselors' Convention on Saturday, October 5 at the Best Western Antel Suites. The Convention was sponsored by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine , specifically by their AIDS Reseach Group (RITM-ARG). Dr. Rossana Ditangco , head of RITM-ARG kicked off the Convention with a keynote. She talked about the love story between RITM and LoveYourself -- how the partnership has blossomed in the past two years, starting with a basic vision from RITM on the HIV continuum of care, and LoveYourself's passion to bring it to life. "Since LoveYourself took over the operations of the RITM Satellite Clinic in Malate as the LoveYourself Hub, the numbers of those coming to get tested for HIV at the Hub has drastically increased, " Dr. Ditangco declar...