Just attended the HIV/AIDS meeting hosted by the Philippine College of Physicians and Philippine Society of Infectious Diseases.

I learned new stuff regarding the pathophysiology of HIV/AIDS and the HIV/AIDS program of the health sector. I also met some people.

Someone told me that as a med student, HIV status doesn't matter since you chances are you won't be doing anything that would put a patient at risk of getting an infection. Disclosing it will only harm your career. Too bad cause we are supposed to be the lead fighters of stigma against HIV.

The only thing is I'd hope more people had attended and we hoped to have heard some views by religious groups. Ironically, many religious groups actually have hospices and clinics for HIV/AIDS patients but the top. Some religious health workers also encourage the use of condoms especially for sex workers. The problem is Top Management can't get through their silly hats the value of condoms. I guess obsession with the afterlife can do that to you. Unfortunately for them, living a good life doesn't seem to impede a person from getting to heaven. Well, I really don't know since I haven't died yet.