Key Interventions A. Demand Generation Anchored on the crucial role of condom use and HIV testing to reverse the tide of new HIV infections in the country, demand generation activities have been primarily designed to promote safe sex and testing especially among KAPs. These activities focus on breaking the barriers hindering people to access relevant information and seek testing and treatment for HIV/AIDS. To increase the demand for HIV prevention services, the Disease Prevention and Control Bureau of the DOH, through the NASPCP, launched several activities to mainstream awareness and reduce the discrimination or stigma related to HIV and AIDS. Among these are the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day and the World AIDS Day to commemorate the people who lost their lives to the disease. Additionally, DOH also conducted two comprehensive community fora on HIV Programs for KAPs in Davao City and Batangas. DOH embarked on an intensified approach to widen its reach especially among key populations. This included conducting HIV/AIDS awareness in schools, workplaces, communities, and jails; holding regional peer education trainings, casebased surveillance, HIV Youth Summits; and calling on every one to partake in curbing the HIV/AIDS prevalence in the Philippines. Moreover, CSOs, as members of their respective local AIDS councils, supported the local implementation of activities on HIV awareness in barangays, and in the establishment and/or revitalization of local AIDS councils. CSOs reached a total of 22,990 men and women with their HIV/ AIDS IEC activities. These include HIV teaching sessions to grades 11 to 12 students in 39 high schools in Palawan, My Campus Chat, Buntis Congress, orientations for walk-in clients, and granting of TV interviews. B. Service Delivery The service delivery interventions of DOH focused on increasing access to HIV/AIDS related services by way of existing infrastructures throughout the country. The intent is to reduce the gap between patient diagnosis and treatment. This included the establishment of HIV Primary Care Facilities and Treatment Hubs across key geographic areas. Moreover, DOH launched the LHIVE FREE HIV and AIDS campaign. This advocacy seeks to encourage the most at risk population -- the men having sex with men -- to get tested and treated for HIV. It Figure 28: Primary HIV Care Facilities per Region is an aspirational campaign to help those who were tested HIV positive understand that they can still live a good life so long as they get treated and adhere to treatment. Further, this campaign involved identification of enablers and support groups for people living with HIV to rely on in their journey to wellness. Source: 2018 to 2019, HARP data 78 2019 Annual Report Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012