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Youth commission launches HIV awareness campaign

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/02/14/aiza-seguerra-mnib-021417.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">National Youth Commission Chairperson Aiza Seguerra, in a press briefing in Malacañang on Tuesday, explains the commission&#x27;s &quot;Virus Ends with Us&quot; campaign. The campaign hopes to address the increasing number of youths infected by HIV. <cite>King Rodriguez, Malacanang photo</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - The National Youth Commission (NYC) has rolled out a campaign to disseminate information about the AIDS-causing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). &quot;Aminin po natin na may iba’t ibang pananaw po tungkol sa HIV at kadalasan ay kinakatakutan o madalas iniiwasan natin ang mga taong positibo dito,&quot; NYC Chairperson Aiza Seguerra said in a press briefing Tuesday. &quot;‘Pag narinig pa lang po natin ang salitang &#x27;virus&#x27;, kakaiba na po ang pakiramdam natin. Pero kailangan pong maintindihan ang tamang konteksto tungkol dito, lalo na po ang pamamaraan para po makaiwas,&quot; Seguerra added.He said the commission is embarking on an &quot;anti-HIV campaign&quot; it dubbed as the “Virus Ends With Us.”The umbrella campaign aims to wipe out the HIV/AIDS stigma with the help of the youth, the parents, educators, people living with HIV, and celebrity endorsers. The campaign has the “Usap Tayo Caravan,&quot; which aims to bridge the gap between parents and children in terms of communicating about about sex, drugs, HIV, LGBT, and mental health.There will be training, as well as workshops for personal and organizational development under the program, according to Seguerra.Apart from the caravan, the NYC is also batting for a wider consciousness about the availability and the advantage of getting tested for HIV by launching a star-studded video campaign.The first video is called “Libre ‘To,” which shows that condoms are available for free in government health centers. The second, meanwhile, touches on parents&#x27; role when the youths discover they are infected with HIV.&quot;Kagaya nga po ng sinabi diyan sa video na una, libre po ang gamot sa HIV. Ika nga ay manageable na ito. Pero bakit ang dami pa ring namamatay? Bakit marami pa rin ang nai-infect? So I think, ang pinaka-problema dito is, it’s not actually the HIV that kills people, it’s actually the stigma,&quot; he said.

The National Youth Commission (NYC) has rolled out a campaign to disseminate information about the AIDS-causing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

The National Youth Commission (NYC) has rolled out a campaign to disseminate information about the AIDS-causing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).