Service Program Components

Component IV: Care and Support

HIV/AIDS Core Teams (HACT) are organized and in place at the Provincial Hospital (Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital), Social Hygiene Clinic, Malay Rural Health Unit and the Boracay Satellite Social Hygiene Clinic.

The HACT are the frontline action teams for all HIV/AIDS cases in these facilities. HACT members are equipped with skills and knowledge in the care and support of PLWHAs through a series of trainings which included counseling, ARV literacy, and RA 8504 especially focusing on medical confidentiality issues in the handling of HIV/AIDS cases.


The province has also finalized its Hospital Guidelines and Admitting Procedures for People Living with HIV/AIDS, a manual for all health service workers in the province.