Statement CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the remark of a radio host on the alleged HIV status of the late President Benigno Aquino III
The Commission strongly condemns the recent remark of a radio host in a radio program assigning human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to an individual person. Confidentiality and non-discrimination are protected under the Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act or Republic Act No. 11166. Article VI, Section 44 states that: “(a) Disclosure of Confidential HIV and AIDS […]