the law clearly stated their right to be covered by medical insurances. The Insurance Commission issued Circular Letter No. 2019-30: Guidelines in the HMO Underwriting of Applicants with Actual, Perceived, Or Suspected Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Status instructing private Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) on the underwriting of HMO product applicants with actual, perceived, or suspected HIV status. The increased incidence of HIV means a parallel increase in the provision of ART to PLHIVs. To ensure that services will be available across the country, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) issued PhilHealth Circular No. 2018-0004: Accreditation of Stand-Alone HIV Treatment Hubs and Satellite Treatment Hubs as Providers of PhilHealth Outpatient HIV / AIDS Treatment (OHAT) Package. Furthermore, PLHIVs are now automatically covered under the National Health Insurance Program as mandated by the Universal Health Care Act. The PhilHealth Circular No. 20190010: Guidelines on the Granting of Immediate Eligibility of Members is likewise applicable to all PLHIV. Following the issuance of Administrative Order 2014 – 0034 laying out the guidelines on the provision of ART, a PLHIV is now automatically enrolled once found to be HIV positive. To shorten the waiting time for confirmatory tests and to immediately start the initiation to ART of a PLHIV, DOH now uses the rapid HIV diagnostic algorithm (rHIVda) for HIV confirmatory test. Subsequently the Department issued DOH Administrative Order 2019 – 0001 to set the Guidelines on the Implementation of rHIVda. Other policies enacted by other agencies: 1. Interim Guidelines on the Implementation of Education and Comprehensive Health Intervention for Key Populations and Vulnerable Communities in HIV and AIDS (2 consolidated policies) 2. Adoption of PSMID Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV Infected Adults and Adolescents in the Philippines 3. Interim Guidelines on the Medical Management of PLHIV and Protocol on Precaution Against HIV Transmission During Medical, Surgical and Other Related Procedures 4. Interim Guidelines on Subsidizing Medical Expenses Incurred by Indigent and Financially Incapacitated PLHIV in DOH-Designated HIV Treatment Hubs 5. Interim Guidelines on STI, HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control for Drug Abuse Treatment Rehabilitation Centers 6. Revised Guidelines on Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) 7. Revised policies and guidelines in the conduct of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Testing Services (HTS) in Health Facilities 8. Policy Guidelines on the Implementation of Care and Support for Affected Families, Intimate Partners, Significant Others and Children Living with HIV by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 9. Policy Guidelines on Accreditation of the Institutions/Organizations that Train HIV Organization: DSWD Enhancing Protection Systems for Women and Children In the area of elimination of violence against children and women, the following policy measures have been developed/implemented and/ or proposed: 1. Safe Spaces Act. Republic Act No. 11313 otherwise known as the Safe Spaces Act was signed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on April 17, 2019. The law took effect on August 3, 2019. The law addresses gaps in the legal framework by recognizing sexual harassment committed between peers, by a subordinate to a superior, by a student to a teacher, or by a trainee to a trainer. It also outlines additional duties and corresponding liabilities for 27 2019 Annual Report Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012