The October Report

The National Epidemiology Center of the Department of Health just released their October report on the status of HIV/AIDS in the country:

1. In October 2011, there were 200 new HIV Ab sero-positive individuals confirmed by the STD/AIDS Cooperative  Central Laboratory (SACCL) and reported to the HIV and AIDS Registry

2.  This was 92% higher compared to the same period last year 

3. Most of the cases (97%) were males. 

4.The median age was 27 years (age range:15-65 years). 

5. The 20-29 year (60%) age-group had the most number of cases.    

6. Fifty-four percent (108) of the reported cases were from the National Capital Region (NCR).

7. Reported mode of transmission was sexual contact (183), and needle sharing among injecting drug users (17) 

8. Males having sex with other males (85%) were the  predominant type of sexual 

transmission 

9. Most (199) of the cases were still asymptomatic at the time of reporting AIDS Cases

10. Of the 200 HIV positive cases, only one was reported as an AIDS case, a 27-year-old male. The infection was acquired through bisexual contact.

11. No AIDS-related death was reported for this month.

12. Twenty-one of the 200 (10%) reported cases were OFWs. There were 19 males and 2 

females. The median age was 31 years (age range: 19-44 years). All cases acquired the infection through sexual contact


Credits:
Philippine HIV/AIDS Registry NEC-DOH

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