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The Philippines is a low-HIV-prevalence country, with 0.1 percent of the adult population estimated to be HIV-positive, but the rate of increase in infections is one of the highest. [7] As of August 2019, the Department of Health (DOH) AIDS Registry in the Philippines reported 69,629 cumulative cases since 1984. [ 8 ]
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.
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.
More recently, the Philippines has attracted greater media attention because of the steep rise in new HIV infections. Based on the UNAIDS Global report on the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the HIV incidence rate in the Philippines increased by more than 25% from 2001 to 2011. [48] It is estimated that one Filipino gets infected with HIV every 1.5 hours. [49]
Elijah Canlas as Kalel Fernandez, a 15-year old teenage boy who is HIV positive.This is Canlas' first lead role. He originally auditioned for the role in 2014 but was not accepted – back then the character was envisioned as a mestizo who is a son of a Spanish friar [2] The director would eventually tap him to play the character in 2018.
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.
Kuan on One is a Philippine digital talk show created and produced by ABS-CBN Studios. Hosted by Melai Cantiveros-Francisco , it premiered on YouTube and iWantTFC on July 2, 2024. It has been recognized as the first mainstream talk show in the Cebuano language.
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