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

In November 2021, there were 1,268a confirmed HIV-positive individuals reported to the HIV/AIDS & ART Registry of the Philippines (HARP) and were accounted to the total (93,364) reported cases since January 1984. Moreover, 18% (223) of individuals reported in November had clinical manifestations of advanced HIV infection at the time of testing.
Ninety-six percent (1,211) of the reported cases were male. Of the total male cases, 2% (29) identified themselves as female (transgender women) and 26% (310) reported their gender-identity as others at the time of testing.