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Human immunodeficiency virus cases in the country would reach at least 500,000 over the next six years, with men comprising most of the patients, the Department of Health said Saturday.
“By our estimate, there are 185,000 Filipinos infected with HIV and they may reach 500,000 in 2030,” he said at the Saturday News Forum in Quezon City. It can be passed on through sexual contact, use of shared needles, and contact with infected blood; and by parent to child during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding.
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