HIV/AIDS and ART Registry of the Philippines: October - December 2019

From October to December 2019, there were 3,029 newly confirmed HIV-positive individuals reported to the HIV/AIDS & ART Registry of the Philippines (HARP). Sixteen percent (474) had clinical manifestations of advanced HIV infection at the time of testing.

Ninety-five percent (2,880) of the newly diagnosed were male. The median age was 28 years old (age range: 1-71 years old). Almost half of the cases (49%, 1,475) were 25-34 years old and 31% (926) were 15-24 years old at the time of diagnosis.