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AIDS Society of the Philippines, Inc.

Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines • 32 Employees
Nonprofit Organization Management

AIDS Society of the Philippines, Inc. (ASP) is one of the leading Philippine NGOs established in April 1996 by its founding President, Dr. Ofelia T. Monzon, who pioneered investigative studies on HIV and AIDS at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, with SEC registration no. ANO96-01422. ASP is a professional society, whose individual members are experts and professionals from diverse fields in health and development, infectious diseases and public health, business, media and communications. The organization aims to prevent the further spread of HIV through advocacy work. ASP has successfully managed over 60 projects supported by international multilateral and bilateral agencies such as the Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC), The Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Levi Strauss Foundation, UNFPA, UNAIDS, etc. Currently, ASP is a member of the Philippine NGO Council on Population, Health and Welfare (PNGOC), Asian Business Coalition on AIDS, AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific (ASAP), and, at one time, the International AIDS Society (IAS). Since 1997, the ASP has conducted the biennial Philippine National Convention on AIDS, the only national convention in the country where various stakeholders meet on HIV and AIDS. Approximately 2,000 participants attended the national conventions. ASP also conducted three scientific meetings and workshops on ethical guidelines in AIDS investigation in the Philippines. From 1997 to 2000, ASP has also conducted skills building workshops for medical, non-medical workers, drug users and persons with HIV and AIDS.In 1997, ASP was the main organizer and acted as secretariat for the 4th International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (4th ICAAP) with concurrent 12 skills building workshops, attended by more than 3,000 delegates from the Asia-Pacific Region. The conduct of the 4th ICAAP laid down what would become ASP's pioneering work in HIV and AIDS advocacy through media.