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The Philippine National AIDS Council
posted data from the latest Philippine HIV/AIDS Registry on its Web site
showing that the number of units of donated blood contaminated with HIV rose by
18 percent in 2012. The data, as recorded by the Research Institute for
Tropical Medicine (RITM), showed that from January to August of 2012, there
were 167 units of HIV-positive blood compared to approximately 142 units found
in the same time period in 2011.
Arnel Ty of the LPG Marketers
Association said of the increase in HIV-contaminated blood donations, “the
rising figures clearly suggest that we have many HIV cases which remain
undiagnosed and unreported.”
Ty is one of the authors of a
proposed bill supporting a Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment, Care
and Support Policy Act. The bill urges the Philippines to support its people
living with HIV and to raise awareness of the disease.
The Philippine HIV/AIDS Registry
data also show that HIV cases, in general, are on the rise, which follows an ongoing
trend for the last decade.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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