AC Health, USAID Partner to Expand HIV Services in PHL

USAID Health Office Director Andrea Halverson, US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson, AC Health Chairman Fernando Zobel de Ayala, and USAID Philippines and Mongolia Deputy Director of the Office of Health Tracy Hawry (standing, 6th to 9th from left) witness the signing of the the partnership agreement by USAID Mission Director Ryan Washburn and AC Health President and CEO Paolo Borromeo (seated), together with officers from the US Embassy, USAID, and the AC Health group

Our mission at AC Health is to make quality and affordable healthcare accessible to more Filipinos. [...] This collaboration brings us closer to bridging gaps in HIV prevention and testing, ensuring these critical services reach more communities nationwide.

FERNANDO ZOBEL DE AYALA
AC Health Chairman

In time for the commemoration of World AIDS Day on December 1, AC Health and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced their partnership on November 27, to strengthen the private sector’s role in making stigma-free care and lifesaving HIV services more accessible in the Philippines.

Supported by funding from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the partnership will develop, test, and scale approaches to improving and expanding HIV care and prevention services in the Philippines, with a special focus on online health services and the direct delivery of critical medication such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)—a drug that, when taken as scheduled, prevents the transmission of HIV.

Together, USAID and AC Health will help more Filipinos access the services they need without fear or judgment, combat stigma, and promote the lifesaving message of “U=U,” or “Undetectable equals Untransmittable.”

AC Health will integrate its ecosystem—including KonsultaMD, Generika Drugstore, and Healthway Medical Network—into local HIV networks to bring game-changing HIVprevention solutions to more Filipinos, especially people living with HIV and those at an elevated risk of contracting it. AC Health will also onboard qualified health service providers on KonsultaMD, expand HIV awareness and screening services beyond health facilities such as in schools and workplaces, and increase the commercial availability of PrEP and other lifesaving technologies through IE Medica, MedEthix, and Generika Drugstore.

Read the full press release on the USAID website, or visit Facebook.com/AyalaCorporation.

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