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22 lip 2024 · Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) occurs at the most advanced stage of infection. HIV targets the body’s white blood cells, weakening the immune system. This makes it easier to get sick with diseases like tuberculosis, infections and some cancers.
1 gru 2015 · The Philippines Health Sector Plan for HIV and STI 2015-2020 set the goal to maintain HIV infection below 66 HIV cases per 100,000 populations by preventing HIV transmission.
Several factors put the Philippines in danger of a broader HIV/AIDS epidemic. They include increasing population mobility within and outside of the Philippine islands; adverse to publicly discussing issues of a sexual nature; rising levels of sex work, casual sex, unsafe sex, and injecting drug use. [16]
12 lip 2017 · WHO: AIDS Cases Rising, Early Detection Key. The Philippines is seeing 26 newly diagnosed cases of HIV per day with over 7,500 cases reported this year alone. Although there is increasing access to testing and treatment services, people living with HIV are learning too late about their infection.
Ensuring that people living with HIV in the Philippines have access to treatment during COVID-19. Cities in Philippines pledge to lower HIV infections and improve their track record. Metro Manila city leaders commit to intensifying HIV response.
14 gru 2019 · Sharmila Devi reports. The Philippines has the fastest-growing HIV epidemic in the world. According to UNAIDS, there was a 203% increase in the rate of new infections between 2010 and 2018, concentrated among men who have sex with men, drug users, and sex workers.
1 lis 2018 · The Philippines is facing the fastest growing HIV epidemic in the western Pacific, with a 174% increase in HIV incidence between 2010 and 2017. There were 1047 new cases in August, 2018, alone.1 Although national HIV prevalence remains below 0·1%, men having sex with men are disproportionately affected, accounting for 84% of all new infections.
