RED PARTY

THE PHILIPPINE RED PARTY PROJECT
September 5, 2009, SM Mall of Asia

The Red Party Rationale

Medical students across Australia have rallied as part of a nation-wide effort to increase awareness of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a devastating spectrum of disease afflicting an estimated 33 million people across the globe.

To raise awareness, Australian medical students have hosted several fundraising and educational events all around the country. Themed with the color red, the international color for HIV and AIDS, the events have affectionately become known as 'Red Parties'.

Two of these Australian medical students, Patrick Aouad and Zabrina Abdool, from the Australian National University visited the Philippines recently. They saw the plight of our fellowmen, especially those seeking consult at the Philippine General Hospital.

They returned to Australia and proposed that the Adult Infectious Disease section of the Philippine General Hospital be the Red Party’s recipient of a CD4 machine, an indispensable diagnostic tool for people living with HIV/AIDS. Fortunately for us, they were granted this request.

Thus the PHILIPPINE RED PARTY came to be.

We are medical specialists, HIV positive patients, and HIV awareness advocates.

The Philippine Red Party Project will hold a benefit rock concert on September 5 2009, 7pm at the SM Mall of Asia, simultaneous with Australia’s Red Party.

Funds raised from these events will enable us to acquire an RT-PCR machine for doing HIV viral loads, to complement the CD4 machine from Australia..

Performers: Rivermaya, The Dawn, Color It Red, Shamrock, The Jerks, Kjwan, and many more!
(see attached ticket and poster)For tickets, contact Renzo Guinto @ 09232821940 or any USC official.Please visit http://www.redparty.20fr.com/ for more information.

Ramon Lorenzo Luis Rosa Guinto
University of the Philippines
Doctor of Medicine Class of 2012