In August 2014, there were 509 new HIV cases in the Philippines, according to the Philippine HIV and AIDS Registry of the Department of Health, National Epidemiology Center (DOH-NEC)
From the report, , most of the cases were male, with males having sex with males as the predominant type of sexual transmission. 82% of the total cases came from the National Capital Region (NCR), followed by Region 4A, Region 7 Region 3 and Region 11.
From 1984-2014, there were 20,424 cases of HIV in the Philippines, 1,857 AIDS cases reported and 1,052 deaths among people with HIV.
For more details, please refer to the full report below.
Source: Philippine HIV and AIDS Registry August 2014, DOH-NEC
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