South Cotabato has 855 confirmed HIV cases, show data from the health department.
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines – South Cotabato is seeing an increase in Human Immunodeficiency Virus infections, mostly contracted by young adults and the youth population.
The provincial capitol’s data showed that most of the HIV-infected individuals in the province fall within the age range of 15 to 34 years old. There are 11 senior citizens on the list. “The number does not include newly screened, newly diagnosed, and cases tested outside South Cotabato,” he said. People considered at risk or vulnerable to HIV include men who engage in same-sex relationships, partners of HIV-infected individuals, commercial sex workers, and heterosexuals who have been exposed to multiple sexual partners.
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