The Project

RED RIBBON
Care Management
Foundation, Inc
HIV Testing
and Counseling
The Project Red Ribbon: HIV Testing and Counseling
HIV Testing: Where are we now?
A. Increased number of HIV testing facilities in
1. Hospitals
2. Social Hygiene Clinics
3. Diagnostic Clinics
4. Satellite Clinics
B. Increased HIV awareness programs
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HIV Testing: Challenges
1. Moving at a slow pace
a. In reaching the communities and barangays
b. In reaching the majority of key affected
groups
c. Easy accessibility, rather than
waiting for people to come
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2. Methodical and Long waiting time for result
a. Lengthy pre-counseling
b. Existence of untrained counselors
c. Long release of test results
3. Difficulty of minors to get tested
4. Confidentiality concerns especially in provinces,
where familiarity is an obstacle
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HIV Counseling: Where are we now?
1. Increased number of trained counselors
2. Improved guidance and direction for PLHIV
3. Increased number of one-on-one counseling
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HIV Counseling: Challenges
1. Strengthen the use of other channels for
counseling
a. Phone
b. Internet
2. Continuity of Support through
Specialized Counseling
a. Family counseling
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b. Substance use counseling
c. Behavioral counseling
d. Youth and elderly
e. Couples counseling
f. Prevention counseling
3. Tapping the PLHIV community for counseling
4. Community-based counseling
THANK YOU
THE PROJECT
RED RIBBON
The Foundation that CARES