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Calls swamp HIV hotline MANILA, Philippines—The HIV hotline of party-list Akma-PTM was swamped with hundreds of calls within 24 hours of its launch last week, indicating a serious “thirst for information” among Filipinos on the dreaded infection. Kevin Carreon, spokesman for Akma-PTM, said most of the callers were young people employed in industries outside the BPO (business process outsourcing) and call center sector which the party-list group represents. Since Tuesday last week, calls topped more than 100 a day, Carreon said. Eighty percent of callers were male, from 15 to 49 years old, and only 10 percent were employed in the BPO and call center companies, where more than half of the country’s recorded HIV infections were reported to have occurred. Read more at Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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TV 5 covers the newly launched HIV hotline by AKMA-PTM Partylist.
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Call center party-list sets up HIV hotline MANILA, Philippines—The party-list group representing the BPO (business processing outsourcing) and call center industry has launched an HIV hotline following the disclosure by a former call center agent that he became HIV-positive in 2009. AKMA-PTM, through spokesperson Kevin Carreon, in a press statement, described the HIV hotline as a “lifeline for assistance” to raise Filipinos’ awareness on the dangers of HIV and provide access to those in need of medical testing, counseling and even treatment for the dreaded virus that causes AIDS. Carreon called the spread of HIV in the country a “silent epidemic.” He said the HIV hotline, 546-0691, is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. six days a week and is manned by call center agents linked to the AKMA-PTM secretariat. The hotline has general information on HIV for agents and all interested callers. Read more at Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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