......."BISHOP CONCERN 0VER RISING HIV CASES".......

..."Bishop Concern Over HIV Cases"...


   An official of the Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), is in favor of voluntary testing for Human Immune Deficiency Virus(HIV) in wake of rising number of HIV/AIDS cases in the country.
     The CBCP official criticized the Department of Health (DOH), for the increase in the number of HIV/AIDS cases in the country.
      The best way to address the spread of HIV/AIDS is not the promotion of condom or safe sex mentally rather a change in life style and behavior. In the end, the basic to decrease HIV prevalence is precisely change of attitude and behavior.  Condom promotion only reinforces an attitude and behavior towards sex which already irresponsible.  We should teach the youth about faithfulness within the marriage and abstained for those who are not married yet.
     The Department of Health (DOH) has earlier revealed that it registered 174 cases of HIV in December, 2010, which is 38 percent higher than the 126 registered in December 2008.
      The new cases had brought to 6,016 the HIV/AIDS cases in the country.  HIV/AIDS carriers could rise unless action to address the public health treat Health Statistic have indicated that there are now more than 10,000 Filipino considered as carriers of the  deadly virus.
     The number of AIDS carriers in the country may even be larger than what has been monitored by health authorities.  There are those who decided not to come out in the open for fear that the community will denounce them.  We must act now to prevent these cases from reaching epidemic proportions.
       Tragically enough, about 15.9 millions of these cases are children.  We must ensure that less people will be affected with HIV/AIDS by promoting human rights,  We must all see to it that those who need anti-retro-viral therapy have access to therapy and treatment....