DOH-NEC HIV/AIDS Registry January 2012
To recap, in January 2012, there were 212 new HIV Ab sero-positive individuals confirmed by the STD/AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory (SACCL) and reported to the HIV and AIDS Registry. This was 39% higher compared to the same period last year.
Most of the cases (96%) were males. The median age was 27 years.The 20-29 year (61%) age-group had the most number of cases. Fifty-eight percent (123) of the reported cases were from the National Capital Region (NCR).
Reported mode of transmission were sexual contact (208), needle sharing among injecting drug users (3),
and mother-to-child transmission (1). Males having sex with other Males (90%) were the predominant type of sexual transmission.
Of the 212 HIV positive cases, four were reported as AIDS cases, all were males. The median age is 34 years (age range: 7-47 years). Three acquired the infection through homosexual contact, and one through mother-to-child transmission. Of the AIDS cases, there was one reported death for this month; a seven-year old male.
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