Philippine HIV/AIDS Registry: September 2012

Posted by Pozziepinoy on 2:38 PM
The Philippine HIV/AIDS Registry of the Department of Health's National Epidemiology Center (DON-NEC) has recently posted its September 2012 report (Please refer to the actual report below).
From the report, 316 new HIV cases were confirmed which is 25% higher compared to the same period of last year. 96% of the cases were males with median age of 28 years of age. Sexual contact was the predominant mode of transmission with 312 of the cases, and males having sex with males as the predominant type of sexual transmission.

10 were reported as AIDS cases and all were males. Forty two of the 316 were OFW's.
For more information, please refer to the actual report, courtesy of DOH-NEC:  




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