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The UN Secretary General's Special Envoy on HIV and AIDS for Asia and the Pacific, Mr JVR Prasada Rao, speaking at the Executive Committee Meeting of the Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC), the Philippines highest policy making body on AIDS, 28 August 2013.

He emphasized that the country's current HIV problem is not insurmountable, noting that policies, plans, drugs and prevention technologies are all available and within reach.  He called for stronger political will to simply do what needs to be done, including improving quality and accessibility of services, increasing resources, and allocating these to programmes that would make an impact on the trajectory of the epidemic.

(seated l-r: Dr Ferchito Avelino, Director of the PNAC Secretariat; Ms Luiza Carvalho, UN Resident Coordinator in the Philippines; Dr. Janette Garin, Undersecretary of the Department of Health; Mr Rao; Ms Teresita Marie Bagasao, UNAIDS Country Coordinator; Dr Annie Innumerable, Head of Quezon City Health Department)

Mr JVR Prasada Rao, UN Secretary General's Special Envoy on HIV and AIDS for Asia and the Pacific, with the members of Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC) Executive Committee and Secretariat, 28 August 2013.

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Ban Ki Moon's Special Envoy to visit the Philippines this August

UNAIDS Asia Pacific

We need you.

The UN Secretary General's Special Envoy on HIV and AIDS for Asia and the Pacific, Dr. Prasada Rao, will be on official mission to the Philippines on 26-30 August 2013. He will have meetings with high level government officials from the Executive and Legislative branches of government, as well as meetings with civil society alliances, including religious leaders, to discuss the HIV epidemic in the Philippines.

From today, @UNAIDS_AP will be sending a series of tweets about HIV in the Philippines and urging action to #stopHIV. These include:

• #HIV is growing in the #Philippines. Find out more http://on.fb.me/15lC5hG – pls RT
• #HIV is rapidly expanding among men who have sex with men #MSM in the #Philippines. #stopHIV – pls RT
• #HIV is rapidly expanding among people who inject drugs #PWID in the #Philippines. #stopHIV – pls RT
• Since 2006, the rate of #HIV infection reduced in most countries but increased 10x in the #Philippines. #stopHIV - pls RT
• Less than 25% of men who have sex with men in the #Philippines know their #HIV status. More testing is vital to #stopHIV - pls RT
• Less than 15% of #Filipinos who inject drugs in the #Philippines know their #HIV status. More testing is vital to #stopHIV - pls RT
• Every 2 hours, someone in the #Philippines gets #HIV. #stopHIV - pls RT
• In the #Philippines, we only need P4,000 per person to prevent #HIV while treatment costs P25,000. HIV prevention NOW. #stopHIV - pls RT
• We can end #AIDS in the #Philippines. Commit to invest more to #stopHIV – pls RT
• By 2012, #Philippines is still in the list of 9 countries with increasing #HIV incidence. Invest more to #stopHIV - pls RT
• Bring #HIV into the #Philippines' national consciousness. Talk about #HIV and #AIDS. #stopHIV - pls RT
• Remove barriers to access to HIV programmess. Stop #stigma. Talk about #HIV and #AIDS. #stopHIV - pls RT

How you can help?
1. Follow @UNAIDS_AP and retweet as many messages as possible over the next few days
2. Invite your Pinoy friends or friends interested in the issue of HIV in the Philippines to follow @UNAIDS_AP
3. Tweet as many of the above messages yourself
3. Share this Facebook message

Head over to Twitter now:
http://www.twitter.com/UNAIDS_AP

Thank you and see you there!