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

In February 2021, there were 855 confirmed HIV-positive individuals reported to the HIV/AIDS & ART Registry of the Philippines (HARP) and were accounted to the total (84,610) reported cases since January 1984. Moreover, 17% (147) had clinical manifestations of advanced HIV infection at the time of testing.
Ninety-four percent (804) of the reported cases were male. Of the total male cases, 2% (19) reported their self-identity as female (transgender women) at the time of testing.