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COUNTRY PROGRESS REPORTP h i l i p p i n e sIn the 2010 UNGASS report good practices, capacity building and networking of the HIV/AIDSMinistry of the Order of the Ministers of the Infirm (or Camillians) was documented in“Partnerships with Catholic Institutions for Enhanced HIV Treatment, Care and SupportServices” (PNAC, “2010 UNGASS”). Encouraged to submit for the PNAC Report preparation, andsubsequently included in the National AIDS Spending Assessment of this Report, the Camillians’2009-2011 accomplishments included the following:• Establishment of the Woodwater Center for Healing, a center for services catering toPLHIV, their affected families and caregivers• Leadership and participation of the Camillians in the founding of the Philippine CatholicHIV/AIDS Network• Pastoral capacity-building activities for the prevention of further HIV transmission,including basic awareness and voluntary, confidential counselling and testing for HIV foran even more expanded network of parish workers, personnel of Catholic hospitals,officials of member-institutions of the Catholic Educational Association of thePhilippines, and bishops of the Roman Catholic Church• Expansion of partners and collaborated responses including formation of the HIV/AIDSMinistry of the Camillians’ Philippine Province, and participation in Catholic Asia PacificHIV/AIDS (Thailand)• Continuing assistance to PLHIV and their affected families, which included treatment fortuberculosis and other opportunistic infections, vaccination, shelter and nutritionalsupport, referral to treatment hubs, and assistance in laboratory work for healthmonitoring.In addition to the earlier mentionedInnovative Approach, UNDP Asia-PacificRegional Center included “DecentralizingAIDS Responses – Local Government,”(UNDP, “Decentralizing,” 2012) whichdocumented a component of thecountry’s UNDP project in partnershipwith the Department of the Interior andLocal Government’s Local GovernmentAcademy, as described below:This document reveals the successes of the‘Leadership for Effective and SustainedResponses to HIV and AIDS’ in thePhilippines. The programme workedclosely with the Philippines National AIDSCouncil and the UN Joint Team on AIDS toincrease leadership and improve localcommitment to HIV and AIDS, with a goalof bridging the gap between national andlocal institutions, as well as LocalGovernment Units, to implement effectiveresponses at the local level and ensurethere was adequate technical support.(Settle, 2012)Initially informed through the Pinoy-UNGASS electronic mailing list, the PNACSecretariat during the conduct of the NCPI Workshop encouraged Action for Health Initiatives(ACHIEVE) to submit a good practice documentation on the formation of the Aid4AIDS Network,2012 Global AIDS Response Progress Report 24