The Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC), reconstituted and strengthened by Republic Act 11166, is the central advisory, planning and policy making body for the comprehensive and integrated HIV & AIDS prevention and control program in the country.

Otherwise known as the Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act, is an Act Strengthening the Philippine Comprehensive Policy on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Prevention, Treatment, Care, and Support, and, Reconstituting the Philippine National Aids Council (PNAC), Repealing for the Purpose Republic Act No. 8504.

Republic Act 11166 is a law that strengthens the Philippine government’s policies and programs for preventing and addressing Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

The PNAC shall perform the following functions:

a) Develop the AIDS Medium Term Plan (AMTP) in collaboration with relecant government agencies, CSOs, the PLHIV community, and the other stakeholders;

(b) Ensure the operationalization and implementation of the AMTP;

(c) Strengthen the collaboration between government agencies and CSOs involved in the implementation of the national HIV and AIDS response, including the delivery of HIV and AIDS related services;

(d) Develop and ensure the implementation of the guidelines and policies provided in this Act, including other policies that may be necessary to implement the AMTP;

(e) Monitor the progress of the response to the country’s HIV and AIDS situation;

(f) Monitor the implementation of the AMTP, undertake mid-term assessments and evaluate its impact;

(g) Mobilize sources of funds for the AMTP;

(h) Mobilize its members to conduct monitoring and evaluation of HIV-related programs, policies, and services within their mandate;

(i) Coordinate, organize, and work in partnership with foreign and international organizations regarding funding, data collection, research, and prevention and treatment modalities on HIV and AIDS, and ensure foreign funded programs are aligned to the national response;

(j) Advocate for policy reforms to Congress and other government agencies to strengthen the country’s response to the HIV and AIDS situation;

(k) Submit an annual report to the Office of the President, Congress, and the members of the Council;

(l) Identify gaps in the national response on the part of government agencies and its partners from civil society and international organizations, in order to develop and implement the initial interventions required in these situations; and

(m) Recommend policies and programs that will institutionalize or continue the interventions required in addressing the gaps identified in the national response to the HIV and AIDS situation of the country. In addition to the powers and functions enumerated under the preceding paragraph, the members of the PNAC shall also develop and implement individual action plans, which shall be anchored to and integrated in the AMTP. Such action plans shall be based on the duties, powers, and functions of the individual agencies as identified in Articles II to VII of the Republic Act 11166.

The PNAC consists of National Government Agencies, such as the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Eduation (DepEd), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Civil Service Commission (CSC), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), National Youth Commission (NYC), Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Chairperson of the Committee on Health and Demography of the Senate of the Philippines, and Chairperson of the Committee on Health of the House of Representatives. The PNAC also has members coming from the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), PLHIV communities, private organizations, and Non-Government Organizations.

The PNAC consists of five committees, namely the Information, Education, and Communication Committee, Human Rights Committee, Finance Committee, Monitoring and Evaluation Committee, and Policy and Planning Committee.