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The first case of HIV infection in the Philippines was reported in January 1984. [4] In December 2018, the Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act of 2018, was passed. [5] The law repealed the Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998, and made health services for HIV/AIDs more accessible to Filipinos. [6]
(5) Brazil only began counting HIV cases from 2000, but AIDS from 1980. (6) Volta region of Ghana cumulative cases beginning in 2008. (7) China previously released older figures that were higher, and revised its numbers down with no explanation given.
The Philippines has a relatively low incidence of HIV/AIDS. There have been about 2,800 reported cases since 1984, but independent estimates put the number of cases closer to 12,000. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] The majority (70–75%) of carriers are male, 25–39, and the predominant mode of transmission is through sexual intercourse.
Sarah Jane Salazar, born Marissa Reynon (1975 – June 11, 2000), was a Filipino AIDS activist and educator and the second Filipino to go public with HIV at age 19 in 1994. [1] The first was Dolzura Cortez.
Ma. Dolzura Cortez (died 1992) was a Filipino AIDS victim. She was the first Filipino with AIDS to publicly discuss her life and her experience living with HIV/AIDS. [1] [2] Cortez responded to a newspaper ad looking for a person living with HIV/AIDS who was willing to have their life serialized in print and later developed into a movie.
The RH bill provides for "prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS and other, STIs/STDs", especially since the number of HIV cases among the young nearly tripled from 41 in 2007 to 110 in 2008. [39] Proponents emphasized that RH will help in stemming the AIDS epidemic that is worsening in the Philippines.
A 2008 review of HIV studies among transgender women found that 28 percent tested positive for HIV. [86] In the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, 20.23% of black respondents reported being HIV-positive, with an additional 10% reporting that they were unaware of their status.
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