In the Philippines, the National AIDS and STI Prevention and Control Program began within the DOH in 1988. In 1992, the government formed the PNAC, a policy-making body with members from government agencies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and professional groups, and representatives of people living with HIV. In 1998, Congress passed Republic Act No. 8504, the Philippines AIDS Prevention and Control Act, which mandates a nationwide implementation of policies and measures to prevent and control the disease (PNAC 2008; Republic Act No. 8504 1998) . A fourth AIDS Medium-Term Plan, 2005 -2010 , published by the PNAC (2003 , outlines five key strategies that focus on strengthening and institutionalizing interventions. They are: (1) strategies targeting highly vulnerable groups (sex workers and their clients, IDUs, and MSMs), and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs); (2) institutional and general public preventive interventions; (3) the quality of treatment, care, and support services for people infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS, (4) stigma-reduction measures and efforts to integrate them into preventive treatment, care, and support services and into the design of management systems; and (5) management systems that support the delivery of HIV/AIDS information and preventive services (p. 18).