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The latest report of the National Epidemiology Center revealed that there were 268 new HIV Ab Sero-positive  individuals confirmed by the STD/AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory. This is a 54 percent increase compared from the same month in 2010. With this additional data from December, the total number of cases for 2011 reached 2,349.

Out of the 268 cases, nine were reported to be AIDS cases (seven males and two females). All of the cases were acquired through sexual contact. A death due to AIDS was also reported for this month.

Aside from the information above, here are some of the highlights of the report:

• 94 percent of cases were males
• The age range was 16 to 59 years and the 20 to 29 year group had the most number of cases
• 128 of the cases came from Metro Manila
• The reported modes of transmission were sexual contact (238) and needle sharing among  injecting drug  users (30)
• 8 percent of the cases were OFWs

For the full report, download it here.

        

According to the latest report of the National Epidemiology Center, 212 new HIV Ab sero-positive individuals were confirmed by the STD/AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory for the month of November. The figure is 89 percent higher from the same period last year.

Of the 212 cases, three were reported to be AIDS cases. These were two males and a female. All acquired the infection through sexual contact (1 heterosexual and 2 homosexual). There was also reported death from AIDS for the month, a 26 year old female.

Based on the November 2011 report, here are the other observations:

• 94 percent of the cases were males
• The age range was between 17 to 73 years and the media age was 28 years
• 124 cases or 58 percent of it were from the National Capital Region
• The reported mode of transmission was all sexual contact with males having sex with other males as the most predominant at 85 percent
• 99 percent of the cases were still asymptomatic at the time of reporting
• 12 percent (25) of the 212 were OFWs

        

The October 2011 report of the Department of Health’s National Epidemiology Center revealed that 200 new HIV Ab sero-positive individuals were confirmed by the STD/AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory. The number is 92 percent higher compared to the same period last year.

Out of the 200 HIV cases, only one was reported to be an AIDS case.  There were also no reported deaths.

Aside from these , here are some of the observations made for October:

• 97 percent of the reported cases were males
• The 20-29 age group had the most number of cases
• 108 or 54 percent of the reported cases were from the National Capital Region
• Reported modes of transmissions were sexual contact (183) and needle sharing among injecting drug users (17)
• The predominant type of sexual transmission was males having sex with males
• 21 of the 200 reported cases were OFWs (19 males and 2 females)

        

According to the September 2011 report of the National Epidemiology Center, 253 new HIV Ab sero-positive individuals were confirmed by the STD/AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory. The figure is 65 percent higher compared to the same period last year.

Here are some of the other reported observations:

• 95 percent of the cases were males.
• The 20 – 29 year age group had the most number of cases at 57 percent.
• 135 cases came from the National Capital Region.
• Reported mode of transmission were sexual contact and needle sharing among injecting drug users.
• Males having sex males was the predominant type of sexual transmission at 83 percent.
• Sixteen of the reported cases were OFWs, acquired through sexual contact.

        

According to the report released by the National Epidemiology Center, 196 individuals were confirmed by the STD/AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory as HIV Ab sero-positive for the month of August. The figure is 81 percent higher compared to the same period last year.

Also, out of the 196 reported cases, seven were reported to be AIDS cases. There were also four reported deaths due to AIDS.

Here were the observations made for the month of August:

1. Most of the cases were males at 93 percent.
2. The 20-29 age group had the most number of cases.
3. Fifty-five percent of the reported cases came from the National Capital Region.
4. Reported modes of transmission were (1) sexual contact, (2) needle sharing among drug users and (3) mother-to-child transmission.
5. Males having sex with other males were the predominant type of sexual transmission.
6. Twenty-three individuals reported to be HIV positive were Overseas Filipino Workers.

        

We’d like to thank our friend Lean Emmanuel Aseron, who is an AIDS Society of the Philippines Online Peer Educator for giving us an updated list of accredited Testing Sites where you can get an HIV anti-body test.

Please remember that under Philippine Law (Republic Act 8504), you cannot be mandated to take an HIV anti-body test. The law also upholds your right to confidentiality (you may choose to use an alias or a number code in place of your name) and your right to have pre and post counseling.

        

In the recent report released by the National Epidemiology Center of the Department of Health, 204 individuals were found HIV Ab sero-positive. The number is 56 percent higher compared to July of last year.

From the report, the following observations were noted:

1. Three of the 204 reported HIV positive cases were AIDS and all was acquired through sexual contact.
2. Males comprised 90 percent of the cases.
3. Age range for the reported cases were 17 to 55 years old. It was the 20-29 year age group that had the most number of cases at 63 percent.
4. 107 of the 204 reported cases were from the National Capital Region.
5. Modes of transmission were sexual contact (193) and needle sharing among injecting drug users (11). Males having sex with males were the predominant type of sexual transmission at 81 percent.
6. Two deaths were reported for July.

For the full report, download it here.

        

HIV Young Leaders Fund, in collaboration with Youth LEAD, is happy to announce our Request for Proposals for youth-led initiatives working to address the needs of young people most-affected by HIV in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

        

PRESS RELEASE
UNAIDS
13 July 2011 l Geneva

The results and data from studies in Kenya, Uganda and Botswana disclose that a daily antiretroviral tablet taken by people without HIV infection can reduce their risk of acquiring HIV by up to 73%. Both daily tenofovir and daily tenofovir/ emtricitabine taken as preventive medicine can avert heterosexual transmission of HIV from men to women, and vice versa.

“This is a major scientific breakthrough which re-confirms the essential role that antiretroviral medicine has to play in the AIDS response,” said Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

Read the full story: http://www.unicmanila.org/main/index.php?pg=news&id=577