HIV/AIDS and ART Registry of the Philippines: February 2018

The first case of HIV infection in the Philippines was reported in 1984. Since then, there have been 52,280 confirmed HIV cases reported to the HARP. Ninety-three percent (48,873) were male and 3,396 (7%) were female; there were no data on sex for 11 cases. The median age was 28 years old (age range: 1 year - 82 years; no age data for 73 cases). More than half (26,757 or 51%) were from the 25-34 year age group while 14,655 (28%) were youth 15-24 years old. Seventy-eight percent (40,663) of all the 52,280 diagnosed cases in the Philippines were reported from January 2013 to February 2018.