Philippines HIV/AIDS Registry: May 2014

In May 2014, there were 495 new HIV Ab sero-positive individuals confirmed by the STD/AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory (SACCL) and reported to the HIV and AIDS Registry (Table 1). This was 19% higher compared to the same period last year (n=415).

Most of the cases (96%) were male. The median age was 28 years (age range: 17-69 years). The 20-29 year (57%) age group had the most number of cases.