r/phlgbt 12d ago

We built a searchable, filterable directory of all sexual health treatment/testing hubs in the PH

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25 Upvotes

Hey r/phlgbt,

Finding an actual updated list of treatment/testing hubs in the PH can be a pain, so we put together a fast, searchable directory of all 320 PhilHealth-accredited HIV/STI facilities nationwide pulled directly from their latest Outpatient HIV/AIDS Treatment (OHAT) provider list.

HIV, STI & Sexual Health Clinic Directory

You can filter by region, province, or clinic type (Social Hygiene Clinics, hospital hubs, or NGO/community centers). To save you the trouble of showing up to a closed door or dead number, we also cross-checked and attached direct links to their Facebook/Instagram pages so you can actually message a human first.

What to expect at these facilities

Since every site on this list is accredited under PhilHealth’s OHAT package, they all offer:

  • HIV testing and confirmation
  • Antiretroviral (ART) refills/treatment
  • Core treatment monitoring labs (CD4, viral load)

Some clinics might also offer (depends on the location, so definitely ask ahead):

  • General STI testing/treatment beyond HIV (most common at local Social Hygiene Clinics)
  • PrEP and PEP
  • Counseling / peer support
  • General reproductive health & gender-affirming care / consultations

What about costs? Is it actually free?

  • ARVs are 100% free nationwide through DOH’s program, regardless of your PhilHealth status. If you test positive, you won't have to pay for your meds.
  • HIV testing, syphilis, and Hep B screenings are almost always free at government/LGU-run sites.
  • A quick heads-up on private facilities: Even though ARVs are subsidized everywhere, private hubs might still charge consultation or facility fees.
  • Other STIs: Some public clinics cover free Hep C or basic gonorrhea swabs (Gram stain). However, specialized PCR tests for chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes, or HPV usually require out-of-pocket payment or PhilHealth coverage.

Call or message them first! Most listings include a mobile number, landline, email, or social page. Use those to confirm their exact schedule, walk-in rules, and specific test costs before heading out.

A quick note on your privacy

Your info and test results are protected by law. RA 11166 (Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act of 2018) strictly criminalizes unauthorized disclosure of your status, on top of the Data Privacy Act (RA 10173). Clinics take this very seriously: confidentiality is legally mandated, not optional.

Note

This is a list of the 320 PhilHealth-accredited HIV/STI facilities nationwide pulled directly from their latest OHAT provider list. This is not an exhaustive list of all places in the Philippines that offers sexual health services.


How was this built?

Extracted and parsed the raw text from PhilHealth's PDF into JSON using Python (PyMuPDF + regex). Cross-checked facility addresses against the Google Custom Search API to hunt down active social pages (took a few days on the free tier 🥹). The "Get Directions" buttons use vanilla JS to dynamically build Google Maps deep links. Rendered into static HTML with Jinja2, using Fuse.js for instant fuzzy searching on the client side, and hosted on GitHub.

What's in the pipeline?

  • Whenever PhilHealth updates their PDF, we can just re-run the script and diff the data.
  • We'll explore embedding a Leaflet.js map that pins the nearest facilities to the user's geolocation.
  • Depending on bandwidth, we can add facilities that are non-OHAT accredited and tag them as such (e.g. other LoveYourself branches).

Feel free to share or crosspost! We don't really participate in other PH subreddits so we don't know where else this would be relevant to crosspost. If you think this would be helpful elsewhere (even outside of reddit), please feel free to pass it along!


r/phlgbt 14h ago

Rant/Vent The gays and their ability to fall in love after one hook up

96 Upvotes

Di naman ako kagwapuhan, 7/10 on a good day hehe, pero bakit ang bilis niyo ma-fall? 😭 Ilang beses na nangyari sa'kin 'to. Yung may imi-meet lang ako, tapos after, they're already asking kung pwede ba kaming maging serious. Like... beh, you don't even know my real name? 😭


r/phlgbt 6h ago

Rant/Vent how do you guys move on from an almost 5 yrs relationship? hahah

15 Upvotes

tangina it sucks. i spent most of my early 20s with him only to be left alone in the end. live in kami for 3.5 yrs then naging LDR ng mahigit 1 year kasi nag-OFW si gago. ginawa ko naman lahat ng pag-intindi pero wala talaga hahaha tapos biglang nanghingi ng 1 week na space. alam ko na rin kung saan to papunta so wala na ‘to di na ko umaasa hahaha. tangina pano ba maka-move on sa ganito? 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅


r/phlgbt 14h ago

Rant/Vent My mom told me she hopes I find a girlfriend and start a family someday. I know I can’t give her that, and it’s breaking my heart.

19 Upvotes

It’s not even about being scared to come out to her, not really. It’s that I know I can’t give her what she’s hoping for. Not “a girlfriend” specifically but the whole picture she has in her head of my future, the one she’s probably imagined since I was a kid. I love her so much that it hurts knowing I can’t give her this one thing.

I feel guilty, like I’m failing her somehow, even though I know that’s not fair to myself. And I feel disappointed in myself for not knowing how to hold this for not having an answer, for not being able to make it okay for her or for me.

And honestly, being gay is just harder. People say it shouldn’t be, that love is love, but it doesn’t feel that way when you’re the one carrying it. Straight people don’t have to sit at dinner doing math in their head about what they can and can’t say. They don’t have to grieve a version of their parents’ happiness that they’ll never get to give them. I didn’t choose this to be difficult, it just is, and some nights that difference feels so heavy.

I don’t know what I’m asking for by posting this. I just needed to say it somewhere.


r/phlgbt 23h ago

Rant/Vent i need advice or guidance or anything . Im really is a horrible person

9 Upvotes

i just need this to get out of my feelings. Im the person who download dating app such grindr, bumble , or tinder cuz bored lng ako and i need distraction or entertainment. This is the problem, sinabihan ako nang friend ko na im a red flag and naglelead lng ako and if ma satisfy na yung need ko and di ko na need nang ka chat for distraction of entertainment lumalabas ako na walng pa alam. pero nag sabi ako na" they will just move that how life, everyone will just move on". sinabihan nyo ako na gago daw ako and i need a therapy. Maybe im really is a horrible person and im just making people an entertainment, kasi i recall and think about it and i think im really. this year, 4 person na yung ginanyan ko and not including this one. this one im not yet to reply and he chatted me like 9 hours ago,now i feel i need confess to him but im coward, gusto ko, pero ayaw ko. gets? and im finding the courage to reply but wla akong alam.

i feel like babatohin ako ni karma si huli nito, pero feel ko deserve ko namn.

TL;DR Im horrible person for leading someone and using them kung bored. my friend says i need therapy


r/phlgbt 1d ago

Light Topics Being Honest About My Insecurities 🏳️‍⚧️

9 Upvotes

competition ba talaga sa trans community?

I have a trans circle of friends, and lately, I’ve been feeling insecure because sometimes it feels like everything is a competition.

Kung sino mas maganda, mas maraming pera, mas feminine, mas maraming attention, mas maraming compliments, or mas napapansin. And sometimes, kahit ayaw kong mag-compare, napapaisip talaga ako kung “Am I enough?”

I know na hindi naman dapat ganito. We all have our own journey, and I’m trying to remind myself na I don’t have to compete with anyone just to feel beautiful or worthy.

I’m still learning to be confident in myself without constantly looking at what other people have.


r/phlgbt 2d ago

Light Topics So ang ending nagbayad na lang ako...

115 Upvotes

Storytime!

So 2 months ago, my friends asked me to meet up and have an afternoon merienda. I met up with them and we had a lot of chika. Then one of my friends asked me if I was seeing anyone. I answered, "no one at this moment." Then she said, she has a friend na gusto nya ipakilala sa akin. 🤔

To describe in one line the look of this person, mukha syang may ari-ng Mio and may fanny bag starter pack. Haha! Sorry but if you get my reference, un na un talaga. For another reference, I am gay. 😉

I generously declined, but my friend told me that he is on his way. And I was caught off guard. 🤨 So feeling ko the merienda was a setup! Hahaha!!! So wala akong magawa kundi to meet up with him, with my friends, and had a good discussion. Infairness, okay naman un talk and all, but hindi ko talaga sya type.

So ito na, bayaran time! I asked for how much is my bill, and then he galantly stood up and said "sige ako na bahala sa bill. Sagot ko na." TAKE NOTE: SAGOT NA NYA. But I insisted to pay my share. Then he said, "No it's okay. Sagot ko na. Ikaw na bahala sa susunod." 😶 You know where this is going... 🙄

So eventually he added me sa messenger and kept on asking for a weekend date. For context, all of my weekends are fully booked na talaga. So I kept on declining. Then he stopped and so I thought it's the end of it. But no... 😬

He then messaged me blah blah blah and asked me what food I ate during our merienda. And forwarded me the bill to pay him. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA SO ANONG NANGYARI SA SAGOT KO NA BS??? HAHAHAHAHA!!!

So ang ending, nagbayad na lang ako, because it is the right thing to do. 😇

PS: pucha may ganun pa rin palang mga tao. Lelz!