If left unchecked, HIV cases could further balloon to 313,000 by 2030, the department said as the world marked World AIDS Day. Two in three estimated new HIV infections came from males and transgenders aged 15 to 24. “The total number of (people who tested positive with HIV) is estimated to reach 142,000 by 2022, and 313,000 by 2030,” the Health department said. Roque, among the principal authors of Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act when he was still a congressman, stressed the need to end the HIV epidemic in the country. “This is especially important given that the Philippines was recently reported as registering the highest growth rate for HIV infections in the Asia-Pacific,” he said.

Source: Manila Times December 01, 2017 16:41 UTC