Old LY Site

By Ronald Bugarin In these changing times, medical consultations are more critical than ever. When mobility is limited, you’re far away, or when you just can’t fit a doctor’s appointment with your busy schedule, LoveYourself has come up with an innovative service. Interactive Consultation (iCON) lets clients enrolled for HIV treatment in our community centers consult with their treatment doctor right at the comforts of their home. To avail of this service, clients can sign-up via the iCON sign-up link or through the Booking site by clicking their preferred treatment doctor, date and time of consultation.  Other personal information shall be required as well as a self assessment if client is possibly exposed to COVID before appointment can be booked. Treatment staff of our community centers shall then reach out to the client with a phone call on their appointment date and time to confirm their request for doctor's consultation as well as the mode of online consultation (e.g. via ...

By Carlos Diego A. Rozul LoveYourself relaunches its YouTube channel with new exciting shows! Don't miss out on what we have in store for you moving forward to our new normal. Hosted and produced by our various volunteers and ambassadors, it has been one of LoveYourself's Integrated Communications Team (iCOMM) collaborative project yet. Previously, the YouTube channel was used as a video repository for LoveYourself's different campaigns and events. However, iCOMM Creatives lead Ria Brines saw the importance of maximizing available social media platforms of the organization. LoveYourself TV envisions itself as an avenue for audiences and supporters of the organization to contribute to the HIV advocacy by simply watching, commenting, liking, and subscribing to the YouTube channel. Through a strategic content plan featuring the different intersections of advocacies LoveYourself has engaged in. Pa'ano  is a sexual health series featuring LoveYourself volunteer, Peachy Robe...

By Ryan Q. De Torres and Carlos Diego A. Rozul Ever had that burning sensation when you pee? Has there been odd smelling discharge staining your underwear recently? That could be a sign of gonorrhea, one of the most common sexually transmitted infections according to the World Health Organization in 2016. But worry not, because there are ways to prevent, detect, and cure gonorrhea infections, so we can all Go No! For Gonorrhea . Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacteria responsible for Gonorrhea. Image retrieved from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neisseria_gonorrhoeae#/media /File:Neisseria_gonorrhoeae_PHIL_3693_lores.jpg Cause of Gonorrhea Gonorrhea (also known as urethritis, urethritis, or tulo) is an infection of the mucous membrane surfaces caused by the gram-negative bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae . N gonorrhoeae can be spread through sexual contact (oral, anal, and vaginal) and vertical transmission during childbirth. It can cause infections in the genitals, rectum and throat. For ...