NOTES ON THE HIV EPIDEMIC NO. 2: Ban Ki Moon’s Special Envoy - TopicsExpress



          

NOTES ON THE HIV EPIDEMIC NO. 2: Ban Ki Moon’s Special Envoy on AIDS, Dr. Prasada Rao, will be in the Philippines from Aug 26 to 30 to meet leaders and discuss the Philippine HIV epidemic. Here are some notes on the HIV situation in the country: - There were 174 HIV cases reported in the AIDS Registry in 2001. By 2009, this rose to 895 or an increase of 380% from 2001 to 2009. And in 2012, new cases reported for that year reached 3,338. HIV infection among 15-24 years old increased ten-fold, from 44 in 2006 to 897 in 2012. In 2010, as reflected in the UNAIDS Global Report on AIDS, PNAC reported that there were
Posted on: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 01:31:00 +0000

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