72% rise in HIV cases in Philippines

[Deadstring67]

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The Philippine health authorities diagnosed 274 people with new cases of HIV/Aids in February this year, the health department said, adding the new figure represented a 72 per cent rise compared with 159 cases reported in February 2011.
"These are the highest recorded cases so far in the Philippines with a rise of 72 per cent as per the figures provided by the STD/Aids Cooperative Central Laboratory (SACCL)," said the health department.
"Of the 274 new cases, 38 cases were due to needle sharing by drug users; 235 cases due to sexual contact; and one case due to transmission from mother to child," the health department said.
"Of the 235 cases [due to sexual contact], more than half were due to homosexual relations," the health department said.
Of the 274 cases, 24 cases were overseas Filipino workers (OFWs); 126 cases were from the National Capital Region; 45 cases came from other places nationwide, the health department said.
All these figures are alarming because they represent data only from people found in hospitals with HIV/Aids, and from only two sectors (*** workers and OFWs) that the state has allowed to be tested for HIV, the health department said adding that mandatory testing of these sectors began only in 1984.
Information campaign
"It means there are more women and men with HIV/Aids. But these figures are not yet known," said the health department.
Health Secretary Enrique Ona was asked by the presidential palace to implement active prevention of HIV/Aids via an information campaign.
Earlier, Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral was castigated by the Catholic Church when she distributed condoms to couples on Valentine's Day.

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274: people diagnosed with HIV/Aids last month
159: cases reported in February 2011

Source: http://gulfnews.com/news/world/phili...ines-1.1000487

[lhorenzoo]

need to educate more people about this dreaded disease.

[Dorothea]

Pastilan, kung dili kapugngan, practice safe ***. Condoms are way cheaper than HIV drugs.

[lhorenzoo]

yeah,thats why need to educate more people about practicing and using it to prevent the spread of Hiv

[Klave]

"Of the 235 cases [due to sexual contact], more than half were due to homosexual relations," the health department said.

This statement is a bit controlled, if you read Sunstar's version you'd be given a percentage.
And 80%++ cannot be justified through the statement "More than half".
But the point is get a clue guys, even people with AIDS in movies were homosexual.

I am not against homosexual relationships, nor am I a homophobe.
But there are consequences with going against nature.

But in general, safe *** would work as well.

[crossramz]

mahal naman gud ang condom.. plus pa jud na inig palit nimo kay lain ang tinan-awan sa mga ubang customer sa imo..

dapat na jud i go ang RH bill..

[Deadstring67]

mao na mga bro/sis.. if naa mo kaila gikan abroad nga homosexual or straight,labi na middle east gikan.. delikado kaau na sila... . if mahimo tagsa mo baso or if bisag dili gikan abroad.

dapat naa HIV Test diha sa pinas.

[chris_bern]

dapat naa HIV Test diha sa pinas.

naa man jud HIV test diri sa PINAS... some hospitals are even giving it for less price na gane para lang sila maka avail..

[tsunade]

salamat sa info master, very alarming..

[muchacha00]

so dapat bisan sa elem. naa nay *** education......