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CDC Division of Global HIV & TB country profile : Philippines
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September 2022
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Description:In April 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officially opened its new country office in Manila, Philippines, as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) entered into a bilateral agreement with the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance and expand cooperative efforts in health and medical sciences. The agreement aims to develop joint research, training, and collaboration activities addressing shared priorities that include HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment, tuberculosis (TB), vaccine preventable and other infectious diseases, epidemic investigation and surveillance, public health emergency preparedness and response, laboratory detection of biological threats, global health security, and other health and medical priorities.
The Philippines is experiencing the fastest growing HIV epidemic in the region, with a sevenfold increase in newly diagnosed cases from 2010 to 2018. Through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the CDC’s Division of Global HIV &TB (DGHT), CDC-Philippines will focus on key HIV prevention and treatment service delivery gaps in public and community sites as well as on policies to strengthen public health surveillance and laboratory systems in high-burden regions of the Philippines, including Manila (above-site work only), Region VI (Western Visayas), and Region VII (Central Visayas). CDC will collaborate closely with the DOH and other key government agencies to ensure its PEPFAR program activities are aligned with the Philippines’ national strategies, priorities, and needs. It will also collaborate with other partners and stakeholders such as the Global Fund and civil society non-governmental organizations. philippines.pdf
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