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How Many HIV Cases Were Diagnosed In The Philippines On January 2017?

In January 2017, there were 844 new HIV antibody sero-positive individuals reported to the HIV/AIDS & ART Registry of the Philippines (HARP). This was 5% higher compared to the same period last year (804). This was the highest number of cases ever reported since 1984. Eighty-nine percent of those were asymptomatic at the time of reporting.

In Summary:

844 new cases, an average of 27 per day

36% came from the National Capital Region
18% came from Region 4A
427/844 were 25-39 y.o. population
19 cases were 50 years old and above
90/844 were AIDS cases, more than 10%

806/844 were male

789 of 806 were infected from unprotected sexual contact
245/789 reported bisexual contact
15/789 reported injecting drug use
2/789 were infected from mother to child

Among the youth:

Two hundred sixty-one (99%) 15-24 y.o. were infected through sexual contact (27 male-female sex, 161 male-male sex, 73 sex with both males & females), and three (3) through needle sharing among IDU.
51 adolescents aged 10-19 years were reported to HARP. All were infected through sexual contact (9 male-female sex, 28 male-male sex, 14 sex with both males & females).

Overseas foreign worker

Sixty-five (65) OFWs were reported in January 2017, comprising 8% of the total newly diagnosed cases.
58 male: 7 female

People who engage in Transactional Sex

27 cases reported to have accepted payment for sex, 265 of whom are male
38 cases reported having paid for sex, all male
14 cases engaged in both accepting payment and paying for sex, 11 were male

9 pregnant women

7 of 9 cases were 15-24 years old
Since 2011, a total of 158 pregnant cases were reported. More than half (54%) were from the age group 15-24 years old

33 reported deaths

30 (91%) were male and 3 (9%) were female
Fifteen (45%) of the reported deaths belong to 25-34 year age group, 10 were 15-24 age group and 8 were adult aged 35-49 years old.
All were infected through sexual contact (6 male-female sex, 12 male-male sex, 15 sex with both males & females)

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How Many HIV Cases Were Diagnosed In The Philippines On January 2017?

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