{"id":6445,"date":"2024-12-13T01:54:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T01:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getmeds.ph\/blog\/?p=6445"},"modified":"2024-12-13T01:54:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T01:54:23","slug":"hiv-in-the-philippines-its-current-state-and-steadfast-emergence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getmeds.ph\/blog\/hiv-in-the-philippines-its-current-state-and-steadfast-emergence\/","title":{"rendered":"HIV in the Philippines: Its Current State and Steadfast Emergence"},"content":{"rendered":"

HIV or Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a virus that damages our immune system, resulting in the body\u2019s vulnerability when it comes to infections. This makes us defenseless against illness and other life-threatening conditions such as tuberculosis and certain types of cancer. If not properly treated, it can evolve into AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) which is the final stage in having HIV and can weaken our immune system to a greater extent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite this virus being around since the early 1980s, there\u2019s still a lot of misconceptions on how it can be transmitted from one person to another. As stated by the <\/span>World Health Organization (WHO)<\/span><\/a>, HIV transmission can only be done through body fluids, namely: blood, breast milk, semen and vaginal fluids.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moreover, it can be passed on through sexual contact (vaginal, anal, or oral sex), sharing needles, transplanted organs from an infected donor, and from infected women who pass the virus through pregnancy and breastfeeding.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cases of HIV in the Philippines<\/b><\/p>\n

In the Philippines, the first recorded case was in <\/span>1985<\/span><\/a>. Since then, the country has been a constant victim of the HIV epidemic. The <\/span>Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)<\/span><\/a> declared that cases were considerably low before 2010 but from 2013 to 2023, the daily infections surged by 411%. The Philippines is now even recognized as one of the countries in the Western Pacific region whose growing rate is rapidly climbing.<\/span><\/p>\n

To add to that,<\/span> Teodoro Herbosa, the Department of Health Secretary<\/span><\/a>, even says that 55 people were infected daily in 2024. If the situation doesn\u2019t improve, we\u2019ll have 36,700 new cases by 2030 according to the <\/span>AIDS Epidemic Model (AEM) and Spectrum<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Figure 1: A table that shows how new cases of HIV in the Philippines increase yearly, with the exception of 2020 when the prominence of COVID-19 hindered its rise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
YEAR<\/b><\/td>\nNEW CASES OF HIV IN THE PHILIPPINES<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024<\/span><\/td>\n\n

13,325*<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2023<\/span><\/td>\n\n

17,254<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2022<\/span><\/td>\n\n

14,935<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2021<\/span><\/td>\n\n

12,329<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2020<\/span><\/td>\n\n

8,031<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2019<\/span><\/td>\n\n

12,723<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Source: <\/span>https:\/\/www.gmanetwork.com\/news\/topstories\/nation\/928693\/doh-sees-more-than-200-00-hiv-cases-in-ph-by-year-end\/story\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\/articles\/1224968<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.abs-cbn.com\/entertainment\/showbiz\/celebrities\/2024\/12\/1\/our-work-continues-pia-wurtzbach-leads-world-aids-day-event-in-ph-0030<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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