CEBU CITY, Philippines -- Cebu City Councilor Rey Gealon has expressed concern over the increasing number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in the city.Quoting a national report,
City Councilor Rey Gealon is asking the on how he can help the Cebu City Health Department to address the rise of HIV cases in the city. | FILE Photo
Quoting a national report, Gealon said that Central Visayas has 8,407 newly diagnosed HIV cases as of May 2022.Central Visayas is among the regions of the country with the highest number of new HIV infections registered every year.To help address the situation, Gealon has sent a letter to the office of the Cebu City Health Department officer-in-charge Dr. Daisy Villa.
The councilor also asked Villa for a detailed report as to the number of individuals, who had been newly diagnosed with HIV and AIDS as of November 2022, and a comparison of the numbers for the past two to three years.
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