THE rate of new HIV infections has seen a 25 percent drop in the last decade. However, in the Philippines, the number of people infected has risen – particularly among call-center workers.
Since the first recorded HIV case in the Philippines in 1984, there has been an increase in the number of Filipinos infected with HIV.
Figures from the Health Department reveal that there are currently 6,498 HIV/AIDS cases in the country.
However, according to the World Health Organization, there’s an estimated 11,200 undocumented and unreported HIV and AIDS cases in the country.
HIV/AIDS victims in the Philippines are also getting younger.
According to the United Nations, more Filipino youth aged 20 to 24 are getting infected with HIV, and cases are soaring especially among young professionals working in the call-center industry.
Health officials point out that the influential Catholic Church’s hard-line stance against the use of condoms is affecting their campaign against the spread of HIV/AIDS.
They are hoping that the Church softens its stand on the promotion of condom use to help prevent the alarming spread of HIV/AIDS in the country. –channelnewsasia.com
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September
Monthly Observances:
Health, Safety, and Sanitation Month
Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 5)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: Family Week
Daily Observances:
Third Saturday: International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
Sept 8: National Literacy Day
Sept 15: Philippine Medicine Day
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