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“HIV and COVID-19: The Philippine Experience” [Webinars and Reports]
From May-August 2021, the University of the Philippines Manila and Brown University conducted a five-part HIV&COVID-19 Webinar Series, entitled, “HIV and COVID-19: The Philippine Experience”. The series was made possible through help of the NIH-Fogarty Training Program for the Prevention of HIV in Vulnerable Populations (D43-TW010565), Providence/Boston Center for AID Research (P30AI042853), and the Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service, and Training (PHIRST).
The goal of the webinar series was to discuss emergent challenges and highlight the innovations carried out by various sectors to ensure the continuous implementation of HIV prevention and treatment programs in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar series ended with a call for a multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral response in reversing the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV efforts in the Philippines.
Below are details of the webinars conducted. Links to the video channels are posted after the text. Downloadable reports on each webinar are attached.
Webinar 1: COVID-19 & the HIV Cascade of Care: Emergent Challenges, Innovative Response
Panelists:
Dr. Raffy Deray, Program Manager, Infectious Disease Office, Department of Health
Dr. Rosario Jessica Cherry Tactacan-Abrenica, MD, MPH, Medical Specialist IV Head, HIV Department, HIV and AIDS Core Team Chairperson, Department of Health, San Lazaro Hospital
Danvic Rosadiño, Director of Operations and Research, The LoveYourself, Inc.
Facilitator:
Dr. Noel Juban, Professor in Basic and Clinical Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila
Webinar 2: On the Ground: COVID-19 Narratives and Realities of the PLHIV Community
Panelists:
Desi Andrew Ching, President, HIV & AIDS Support House, Inc
Owie Franco, President, Pinoy Plus Advocacy Pilipinas Inc.
Alvin Ramirez Fernandez, Executive Director, Mujer-LGBT Organization Inc.
Facilitators:
Ernesto Gregorio, Jr., Assistant Professor, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila
Ma. Irene Quilantang, Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Manila
Webinar 3: Who is next in line? Consideration and Guidelines in Vaccinating the PLHIV Community
Panelists:
Dr. Nina Gloriani, Chairperson, DOST Expert Vaccine Panel on COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials
Dr. Angelo Ramos, Executive Director, Sustained Health Initiatives of the Philippines, Inc.
Amara Quasada, Executive Director, Action for health Initiatives, Inc.
Facilitators:
Dr. Ricardo Manalastas Jr., Professor, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila
Dr. Maria Liza Antoinette Gonzales, Associate Dean andProfessor, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila
Webinar 4: Communities & COVID-19: A Roundtable with Community-Based Organizations
Panelists:
Jason “Jezamae” Encabo, Project Officer for Transgender Women, PSFI PROTECTS Global Fund HIV Project
Gary “Papa Chen” Catalbas, HIV Educator and Counselor, The LoveYourself, Inc.
Elena Felix, Founder and Vice President, Association of Positive Women Advocates, Inc.
Facilitators:
Ernesto Gregorio, Jr., Assistant Professor, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila
Ma. Irene Quilantang, Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Manila
Webinar 5: Who is next in line? Consideration and Guidelines in Vaccinating the PLHIV Community
Panelists:
Dr. Susan Cu-Uvin, Director, Brown Global Health Initiative, Brown Univeristy
Dr. Reynaldo Imperial, Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines
Ma. Luisa Orezca, Executive Director, Philippine National AIDS Council
Benedict Bernabe, President, The Red Whistle
Facilitators:
Dr. Ma. Angelina Mirasol, Clinical Associate Professor, University of the Philippines Manila – Philippine General Hospital
