In January 2013, a total of 101 Filipino youth aged 15 to 24 years old were recorded as HIV-positive, according to data by the Department of Health. For the whole of 2012, the DOH recorded 897 cases of HIV in the same age bracket nationwide. Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
Metro Manila posted almost half or 182 of the reported 380 new registered cases of HIV in the country in January this year, based on figures from the Department of Health. The new cases brought the total of reported HIV cases nationwide to 12,082 since 1984. Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
Researchers said Sunday they had, for the first time, cured a baby born with HIV – a development that could help improve treatment of babies infected at birth.
A total of 897 Filipino youth aged 15 to 24 years old were recorded as HIV-positive in 2012. In December alone, 79 cases of HIV in the same age bracket were recorded by the Department of Health. Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
Metro Manila posted more than half or 152 of the reported 293 new registered cases of HIV in the country in December 2012 based on figures from the Department of Health. The new cases brought the total of reported HIV cases nationwide to 11,702 since 1984. Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
Sen. Pia Cayetano has thrown in the towel as far as the bill she proposed to strengthen the laws designed to prevent the spread in the country of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and HIV, the virus that causes it.
A total of 748 Filipino youth aged 15 to 24 years old were recorded as HIV-positive from January to October 2012. In October alone, 60 cases of HIV in the same age bracket were recorded by the Department of Health.—Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
Metro Manila posted about half, or 137, of the reported 295 new registered cases of HIV in the country in October 2012, based on figures from the Department of Health. The new cases brought the total of reported HIV cases nationwide to 11,125 since 1984.—Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
A gay civil society group on Wednesday scored the Catholic Church for implying that gay sex was to blame for the steep rise in HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) cases in the country.
Health advocates blame the sharp increase of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among Filipinos on the Arroyo administration’s halting the distribution of free condoms through government hospitals and health centers.
The Pasay City Health Office announced over the weekend that it would strengthen and continue to reinforce its awareness campaigns against the spread of the dreaded human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS) to convince more residents to submit themselves to voluntary testing.
The Pasay City Health Office announced over the weekend that they have strengthened and would continue to reinforce awareness campaigns about the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which could lead to the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome to convince more residents to undergo tests.
A CATHOLIC bishop on Saturday warned that nine Filipinos were being infected daily by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), even as it advised the faithful to abstain from premarital sex and to stick to only one partner.
