{"id":67336,"date":"2020-09-26T21:18:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T13:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=67336"},"modified":"2022-09-26T21:19:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T13:19:22","slug":"battle-in-the-blood-first-anti-hiv-gaming-app-in-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2020\/09\/26\/battle-in-the-blood-first-anti-hiv-gaming-app-in-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle in the Blood: First Anti-HIV Gaming App in PH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With an aim to raise awareness and reduce the cases of HIV\/AIDS across the world, a new gaming app called <strong>\u201cBattle in the Blood <\/strong>or<strong> #BitB\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>has been conceptualized in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>#BitB,\u00a0driven by the\u00a0people from the Institute of Clinical Epidemiology of National Institutes of Health in University of the Philippines Manila, is now introduced and presented to the public after rigorous years of developing. And during the celebration the World AIDS Day on December 1, 2017, the gaming app was formally launched.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr. Emmanuel S. Baja, scientist and principal Investigator of the HIV Gaming, Engaging, and Testing (HIV GET Tested) Project, the gaming app has been developed for everyone to be assisted with the barriers to\u00a0HIV Testing and Counselling (HTC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3603\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/07\/new-app-for-HIV-awareness.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Dr. Emmanuel Baja, principal developer and investigator of Battle in the Blood gaming app (Photo from\u00a0<a class=\"vglnk\" href=\"http:\/\/davaotoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">davaotoday.com<\/a>)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>It is the first gaming app that would hopefully help increase the uptake of HIV testing and treatment in the Philippines. That HIV is not a death sentence anymore. It is just a chronic disease like Diabetes, there is treatment available and people living with HIV can still have a normal and happy life,<\/em>\u201d Dr. Baja said in a report. \u201c<em>This gaming app (#BitB) is a very powerful communication tool to address the stigma of HIV especially among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender (TG) women who are at a higher risk for HIV infection.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2017\/11\/30\/right-to-health-a-free-concert-to-raise-awareness-of-hiv-aids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Right To Health: A Free Concert to Raise Awareness of HIV-AIDS<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Apparently,\u00a0the gaming app has been acknowledged by many as Dr. Baja announced that about 3,000 individuals\u00a0even outside the country have already downloaded the app and most likely playing it after formally introduced.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3637\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/07\/1w.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the gaming app&#8217;s promising intention, the HIV GET Project is set to present and launch the #BitB worldwide as they are invited by the World Health Organization to the\u00a0networking zone event \u201cBuilding Bridges to HIV Prevention and Testing\u201d in Amsterdam on July 23 to 27.\u00a0\u00a0Dr. Baja, himself, will represent the Philippines in the international conference.<\/p>\n<p>Targeting adolescents (aged 10-19) and young\u00a0adults (aged 20 \u2013 24), #BitB is a gaming app with an uncommon puzzle and turn-based strategy. To acquire more willing users, the app is completely free without in-app purchases and can be downloaded via Google Play and Apple Store.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/technology.mb.com.ph\/2017\/11\/06\/fight-hivaids-mobile-gaming-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manila Bulletin<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download this gaming app now to raise HIV\/AIDs awareness!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":67337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15752],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/09\/new-app-for-HIV-awareness-e1531188770543.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67338,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67336\/revisions\/67338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}