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By Jason Celeste The implementation of community quarantine all throughout Luzon and some other provinces in the country in March, not only limited our personal movement. It has also affected our access to basic health care services. But there’s no need to worry about your sexual health because LoveYourself is committed to ensuring continuity in your safer and satisfying sexual lifestyle. PrEP Pilipinas , provides access to PreExposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) which was officially launched in 2019 at various community centers and clinics. With LoveYourself’s brand of service and patient care, you can set an appointment in available LoveYourself’s community centers. If you reside in Metro Manila you can opt to enroll in LoveYourself Anglo in Mandaluyong, LoveYourself Welcome in Manila, Victoria by LoveYourself in Pasay City. You can also book an appointment in LoveYourself White House in Cebu City. For Cainta Rizal and nearby residents, we have partnered with MediPrime and if any of t...

By LoveYourself Communications LoveYourself Senior Director Chris Lagman introducing Flourish Circle LoveYourself, Inc., the leading HIV advocacy group in the country, launches three innovative and timely programs on a new HIV prevention method, transgender health, and mental wellness initiatives. The advocacy group unveiled these services to further care for oneself during Spectrum: The LoveYourself Perspective event on September 11, 2019 at My Cinema in Greenbelt 3, Makati City. LoveYourself takes bold step to provide Pre-ExposureProphylaxis (PrEP) , a daily pill that helps your body prevent HIV infection by more than 90%. PrEP complements the use of condoms and lubricants to boost one's protection against HIV. LoveYourself Head of PrEP and Research Danvic Rosadi ñ o introducing  PrEPPY The implementation of PrEP Pilipinas (PrEPPY) enables Filipinos to access this prevention method around the country through its community centers and Hi-Precision Diagnostics centers. For more i...

By Ruben Jay C. Alverez JR. As HIV cases in the Philippines continue to rise , several groups of people have stepped up in helping the community to address the epidemic. LoveYourself, since 2011 has gathered over 900 volunteers supporting the day-to-day operations, programs, and projects of the organization. As it empowers more people to get tested for HIV, the organization grew the need for full-time employees to sustain itself. Some people had the courage and passion to take their advocacies to the next level and work in a non-profit organization while helping the community as volunteers. Karlo Barsales, Clinic Manager Karlo, was a private duty nurse in Pampanga  when he joined LoveYourself as a volunteer in 2015. He was so passionate in taking care of people that he used to go straight to LoveYourself Anglo from his workplace to volunteer his time in administrative tasks. Karlo, who was not a counselor then, enjoyed assisting people to feel comfortable in the center. Karlo recal...

By: Kris Tangco HIV awareness and advocacy organization LoveYourself hosted #HackingHIV as part of its launch activities to introduce PrEP, an HIV prevention method, in the Philippines. In conjunction with project PrEP Pilipinas, in-charge of introducing the innovation into the country, the event was held at Greenbelt 3’s myCinema in Makati City last 29 November. What is PrEP? PrEP , which stands for pre-exposure prophylaxis, is a biomedical intervention for HIV infection in the form of a pill. The drug is a combination of Tenofovir and Emtricitabine and works by blocking HIV enzymes, preventing the virus from establishing an infection. Generally known by its brand name, “Truvada”, the pill is taken before possible exposure to HIV with a recommended dosage ranging from 100 mg Emtricitabine and 150 mg Tenofovir tablets up to 200 mg Emtricitabine and 300 mg Tenofovir tablets depending on the age and body weight of the client [ 1 ] . In contrast to antiretroviral drugs that are prescribed...

By Raybert Domingo As a contribution to the celebration of the World AIDS Day on 01 December, HIV prevention advocacy group LoveYourself, Inc. introduces a new HIV prevention method called Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV during the #HackingHIV event on Tuesday night (29 November) at MyCinema Greenbelt 3 in Makati City. Supported by Philippine Department of Health, AmFAR and World Health Organization, LoveYourself was the chosen organization to pioneer the launching of PrEP in the Philippines under the banner program #PrEPPilipinas Program in which initial demonstration is envisioned to be executed within the first quarter of 2017. PrEP is an HIV medicine comprised of tenofovir and emtricitabine, taken daily to lower the chances of contracting the virus. Co-primary investigator of the PrEP Pilipinas project and LoveYourself Senior Director Christopher M. Lagman emphasized that “PrEP shouldn’t be taken as a replacement to current prevention measures, but an option and another lev...