BUTUAN CITY – Officials of the Department of Health (DoH) here are alarmed over the rising cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in Caraga region.
“We’re alarmed over the increasing trends,” stressed DoH 13 director Dr. Jose R. Llacuna druing a press conference in a Butuan City’s hotel here on Wednesday.
“Impending epidemic is shaping up,” the region’s top health official said. In a data presented to media, 14 deaths were already recorded while 209 persons are afflicted with the dreaded disease.
Last year, 42 HIV-AIDS cases were recorded while 34 new cases have been registered since early this year up to May 2015, the DoH 13 record said. (Mike U. Crismundo)
Read more at http://www.tempo.com.ph/2015/10/16/caraga-hiv-aids-cases-rise/#wK787RttbthGvDAR.99
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