HIV/AIDS and ART Registry of the Philippines: April 2021

In April 2021, there were 1,120 confirmed HIV-positive individuals reported to the HIV/AIDS & ART Registry of the Philippines (HARP) and were accounted to the total (86,771) reported cases since January 1984. Moreover, 17% (193) had clinical manifestations of advanced HIV infection at the time of testing. Ninety-six percent (1,076) of the reported cases were male. Of the total male cases, 1% (15) reported their gender-identity as female (transgender women) at the time of testing.