New UNAIDS Philippines Chief Makes Condoms a Priority

Expand New UNAIDS country director Dr. Louie Ocampo (in red and white shirt) joins HIV advocates in the Philippines. © Vera Files The new Philippines country director of the United Nations program on HIV/AIDS, known as UNAIDS, is advocating condom use and comprehensive sexuality education as key planks in the agency’s strategy to address the country’s worsening HIV epidemic, the fastest growing in the Asia-Pacific. This is a desperately needed call to action, but the director, Dr. Louie Ocampo, a 44-year-old Filipino, faces a daunting task. Successive Philippine governments have failed miserably…

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