MANILA: The rate of new HIV infections has seen a 25 per cent drop in the last decade. However, in the Philippines, the number of people infected has risen – particularly among call-centre 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-centre industry.
In a study conducted by the state university’s population institute, young Filipinos working in the call-centre industry tend to engage in risky sexual behavior due to environment and peer pressure.
The Health Department now warns that HIV/AIDS cases in the country could likely increase by five-fold or at an alarming rate of 45,000 by 2015, if Filipinos continue with their unsafe sex practices.
Health officials point out that the influential Catholic Church’s hardline 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. – CNA/cc
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
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