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For the updated HIV registry, visit the Department of Health website here. Be safe! Follow AIDS Society of the Philippines on Twitter, Tumblr, on Facebook or on their website.

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Here are the new statistics for this May of 2012.

To see the entire report click here.

The Steady Rise

Whenever I tell people about the current statistics of HIV prevalence in our country, they always ask me about one thing - why is it going up? Let me try and answer this, but first, the actual numbers.

Extracted from Philippine DOH website

274 - New registered HIV cases in the Philippines for the month of February of this year, highest number in the history of the country
72% - Increase compared to February of 2011
235 - Acquired through sexual contact
87% - of 235 are from males who have sex with males
27% - of the HIV cases of February 2012 are from the ages of 15 -24 years old
10 - People are getting infected everyday
8,850 - Total reported cases of HIV in the country as of current

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The total number of newly registered HIV cases in the country for December 2011. Be informed. Be safe. Get tested.

Click here for the December 2011 registry.

November 2011 HIV and AIDS Registry

We're at 212. For the new registry for HIV and AIDS cases, visit http://doh.gov.ph/

For the PDF format of the registry click this link.

Stop HIV. Stop AIDS.

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Yes, we're already at two hundred and fifty three new cases of HIV in the Philippines as of the September 2011 NEC registry. Scary, yes it is. But I take it in it's positive light that people are more aware of our advocacy and are more willing to know their status and have themselves tested. It means me and my colleagues are doing something right.