For the month of September alone, close to 700 new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were recorded, increasing the number of cases for the year to almost 6,000, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
According to the data from the HIV/AIDS Registry of the Philippines, a total of 692 new cases of HIV was recorded last September, bringing the number of cases for the first eight months of the year to 5,901.
“This [692 cases] was 22 percent higher compared to the same period last year, which is 565,” the DOH-Epidemiology Bureau report noted, adding that of the 692 new cases, 45 have progressed already to full-blown Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
More than one-third or 270 new HIV cases in September came from the National Capital Region (NCR); followed by 128 in Calabarzon; 60 in Central Visayas; 60 in Central Luzon; and 38 in Davao Region.
Out of the 692 new cases in September, a total of 667 or 96.38 percent of the cases were acquired through sexual transmission, mostly from the men-having-sex-with-men (MSM) population that accounted for 577 cases or 87 percent. In addition, homosexual contact was responsible for 338 cases, followed by bisexual contact with 239 cases, and 90 cases from heterosexual contact.
Read more at http://www.mb.com.ph/nearly-700-hiv-cases-recorded-in-september/#Wzr74RKD8DFDjeWU.99
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)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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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
in the Philippines
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