STI/HIV SURVEILLANCE

TRIVIA QUESTIONS
1. Each HIV testing laboratory shall report and submit
monthly: the number of tests performed, results, and
referrals, of sero-active samples and confirmed sero-
active samples as required by:
A. R.A. 3573 ( The Law on Reporting Communicable
Diseases)
B. R.A. 5373 ( The Law on Submission of Notifiable
Diseases)
C. R.A. 3735 ( The Law of Communicable Diseases
Prevention)
D. R.A. 5733 ( The Law of Disease Surveillance)
 ANSWER:
A. R.A. 3573 (Law on Reporting Communicable
Diseases) states that Each HIV testing laboratory
shall report and submit monthly the number of
tests performed, results, and referrals, of sero-
active samples and confirmed sero-active
samples as required.
2. It is the official record of the total number of
laboratory-confirmed HIV positive individuals, AIDS
cases and deaths, and HIV positive blood units in the
Philippines. All individuals in the registry are confirmed
by the STD/AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory
(SACCL) at San Lazaro Hospital.

A. STI Etiologic SurveillanceSystem (SESS)

B. HIV/AIDS Record Information Unit (HARIU)
C. National HIV & STI Surveillance and Strategic
Information Unit (NHSSS)
D. HIV/AIDS & ART Registry of the Philippines (HARP)
 ANSWER
D. HIV/AIDS & ART Registry of the Philippines
(HARP) is the official record of the total
number of laboratory-confirmed HIV
positive individuals, AIDS cases and deaths,
and HIV positive blood units in the
Philippines. All individuals in the registry
are confirmed by the STD/AIDS Cooperative
Central Laboratory (SACCL) at San Lazaro
Hospital. While all blood units are
confirmed by the Research Institute for
3. An act promulgating policies and
prescribing measures for the prevention
and control of HIV/AIDS in the Philippines,
instituting a nationwide HIV/AIDS
information and educational program,
establishing a comprehensive HIV/AIDS
monitoring system, strengthening the
Philippines national aids council, and for
other purposes.

A.AIDS Control and Prevention Act of 1997

B. STI/AIDS Control and Prevention Act of
1996
ANSWER

C. R.A. 8504 or also known

as Philippine AIDS Prevention
and Control Act of 1998.