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  2. HIV/AIDS in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines has high tuberculosis (TB) incidence, with 131 new cases per 100,000 people in 2005, according to the World Health Organization. HIV infects 0.1 percent of adults with TB. Although HIV-TB co-infection is low, the high incidence of TB indicates that co-infections could complicate treatment and care for both diseases in the future ...

  3. Dolzura Cortez - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Positive (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    The series, directed by Eric Quizon, was the Philippines' first television program that directly dealt with the topic of HIV/AIDS. [1] It premiered on at 9:00 pm on October 17, 2013 as part of TV5's primetime block, [ 2 ] Unlike regular Philippine dramas, which air episodes daily, episodes of Positive (and For Love or Money , which preceded it ...

  5. Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012

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    The history of reproductive health law in the Philippines dates back to 1967 when President Ferdinand Marcos was among the heads of state who signed the Declaration on Population. The 30 countries who participated in the signing of the declaration were acknowledged by U.N. Secretary-General U Thant during a United Nations ceremony on December ...

  6. Sarah Jane Salazar - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. HIV/AIDS in Asia - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Health in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    As of September 2020, the Philippines has a population of nearly 110 million and a population density of 368 per square kilometer. 32% of the population of the Philippines is under 15 years old, and only 22.2% is over 60. In the Philippines, 16.6% of the population lived below the national poverty line in 2018. [8] [9]

  9. History of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    HIV-1 strains were once thought to have arrived in New York City from Haiti around 1971. [63] [64] [65] It spread from New York City to San Francisco around 1976. [63] HIV-1 is believed to have arrived in Haiti from central Africa, possibly from the Democratic Republic of the Congo around 1967.