Posts

Showing posts with the label mass screening

How To Get To Victoria Court Malate for Incognito 2.0

Image
Congratulations for taking the brave step to know your HIV status with   LoveYourself Incognito   on November 27. Before anything else,  make sure you  register   to ensure a slot.  On the day itself, proceed to  Victoria Court Malate  between 10AM to 7PM. You are encouraged to print the map below or save the photo on your mobile phone for reference. Read on for more details on how to get to the location. Exact Address Victoria Court Malate 2184 Madre Ignacia Street corner Quirino Avenue, Malate, Manila. From the LRT - Quirino Station / Taft Avenue - It is a 10-minute walk from LRT-Quirino Station / Taft Avenue - Or you can take a public transportation vehicle going through Quirino Avenue and ask them to drop you off at Victoria Court Malate. It should be on the right side. From Roxas Boulevard - It is a 5-minute walk from Roxas Boulevard - Or you can take a public transportation vehicle going through Quirino Avenue and ask them to drop ...

STATUS – Community Based Screening: What is it and how is it done?

Image
By: Carlos Diego A. Rozul Everyone has talked about a particular status in his or her life, be it their relationship status, their financial status, and heck people talk about their problems on their Facebook status all the time! But one thing that’s rarely talked about is one’s HIV status. Despite its relevance today it is still greatly stigmatized and has been thought of as taboo by many. This monthly column aims to help facilitate discussion on issues surrounding HIV testing and living with HIV. LoveYourself has started to embark on a great change, adapting a quicker and more efficient way of testing for HIV in its mass testing events - Community Based Screening (CBS).   It was first used in the May 2016 Incognito testing which tested 300 clients, so far the most successful turnout for any LoveYourself mass testing event. The advances in the time required to obtain results with high levels of accuracy have allowed LoveYourself to offer its Incognito event last May 2016 and the u...

MGWP First Runner Up on Promoting Fitness and Sexual Health to Fight the Stigma on HIV

Image
By Raybert Domingo Cognizant of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, LoveYourself, Inc. strengthens the promotion of its HIV awareness campaign with its newest ambassador, Mister Gay World Philippines 2016 1st runner-up John Bench T. Ortiz. As a fitness coach, Ortiz advised that “Health is wealth. Relatively speaking, sexual health is very important and we, the LGBT community and the larger society, need to be more knowledgeable on this aspect.” Ortiz serves as one of the faces of the LoveYourself Incognito 2.0 , which is the country’s largest community-based HIV screening that is free, anonymous and fast. Through the Mister Gay World Philippines Organization (MGWPO), Ortiz supported LoveYourself and its partners, the Department of Health-Research Institute for Tropical Medicine and Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Inc., in encouraging individuals to undergo HIV testing on 27 November at Victoria Court Malate in Manila by signing up at go.loveyourself.ph/incognito . LoveYourself Executive D...

LoveYourself to Dethrone Reigning HIV with the PHL’s Most Trusted Testing Day Event

Image
By Raybert Domingo On its way to dethrone HIV, LoveYourself, Inc. has sought a partnership with Mister Gay World Philippines Organization (MGWPO) to eradicate the social stigma on the disease and its relevant interventions. Advocating for timely testing and treatment, the LoveYourself-MGWPO partnership entails the promotion of the LoveYourself Incognito 2.0 , which is the country’s most trusted community-based HIV screening that is free, anonymous and fast, set to happen on 27 November at Victoria Court Malate in Manila. With the aim to continuously implement HIV and AIDS early detection programs, both organizations together with the Department of Health-Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (DOH-RITM) and Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Inc. are calling individuals to have themselves tested for HIV by signing up on go.loveyourself.ph/incognito . LoveYourself Executive Director Ronivin G. Pagtakhan said “We are trying to build as many allies as possible towards the HIV cause to make our...