Philippines
The Philippines is a low-HIV-prevalence country, with less than 0.1 percent of the adult population estimated to be HIV-positive. Since 1984, when the Philippines’ first case of HIV was reported, approximately one-third of diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases have occurred among returning migrants. However, because HIV testing for these workers is mandatory in most host countries, this number may be disproportionately high. As of September 2007, the Department of Health (DOH) AIDS Registry in the Philippines reported 2,965 people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). UNAIDS estimates that 12,000 Filipinos were HIV-positive by the end of 2005.
Through its Strengthening Local Governance for Health Project, USAID/Philippines helps local governments use funds to plan and implement HIV/AIDS prevention, education and other services and supports nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in financing and delivering prevention activities for at-risk groups. The Health Policy Development Program supports DOH-led policy development for strengthening intervention programs for most-at-risk populations and for promoting an improved policy environment for HIV prevention. The Sustainable Health Improvements through Local Empowerment and Development Project helps the local government in the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao implement HIV/AIDS education activities. USAID’s 2005–2009 HIV/AIDS strategy for the Philippines focuses on HIV prevention among groups most-at-risk in six areas of the country: the Clark Development Zone, Manila, the metropolitan area of Cebu, the Iloilo-Bacolod area, the Davao-General Santos corridor, and Zamboanga City.
View the USAID HIV/AIDS Health Profile for the Philippines - March 2008 [PDF,
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