PSFI, together with partners from the government, business sector, and multilateral organisations, founded the Philippine Business Sector Response to HIV/AIDS (PBSR) in 2009 as a response to the growing HIV epidemic in the country.

PBSR seeks to catalyse workplace-based interventions through a private-sector led initiative in an effort to help curb HIV among workplace actors. It engages CEOs, management, workers, and representatives in its advocacy and training programmes with components on HIV 101 Sessions, Peer Education Training, Trainers’ Training, and Workplace Policy Writing Workshops targeting focal points of enterprises.

Over 240,000 individuals supported.

In 2019, the Global fund renewed its commitment to the Philippines, by approving a 3-year grant to PSFI, to help strengthen and support the country’s HIV response. This is to be implemented beggining 2021 as the PROTECTS Grant or the Philippines Response in Optimizing Testing, Empowered Communities, Treatment and Sustainability (PROTECTS). The grant will support the implementation of activities under the PHILIPPINE HEALTH SECTOR-HIV STRATEGIC PLAN – 2020-2022 and the National AIDS and STI Prevention and Control program (NASPCP) of the Department of Health of the Philippines.

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