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(GD-D) Wilfredo Salgado Jr., head of the provincial health office on HIV; Greggy Senados of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the Philippines; and Ilya Tac-an, head of HIV in Cebu City, discuss the current state of HIV in Cebu / CDN PHOTO.ROSALIE ABATAYO
Cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Cebu Continue to Increase According to Wilfredo Salgado Jr., head of the provincial health office in Cebu on HIV, the city of Cebu continues to have the largest number of sex between men and women. registered cases reached 533 HIV cases and 53 AIDS cases, about 69% of the total number of cases in Cebu province
The Cebu Provincial Health Office has recorded more than 800 HIV cases and 72 AIDS case in 2017.
PHO has only registered more than 600 HIV cases and about 90 AIDS cases in 2016.
Dr. Ilya Tac-an, the HIV focal point of the Cebu City Department of Health, said the increase was a result of their massive campaign to encourage people suspected of HIV and AIDS to be tested for appropriate intervention. Being infected with HIV is advisable to have antiretroviral therapy to reduce the viral load on your body.
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