Rowegie Abanto

Health workers take blood samples of people who want to undertake voluntary  HIV and AIDS testing inside the University of the Philippines Manila on November 29, 2019. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File

Health workers take blood samples of people who want to undertake voluntary  HIV and AIDS testing inside the University of the Philippines Manila on November 29, 2019 during the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity’s Oblation Run The fraternity is using the annual event to call attention to universal health care and HIV and Aids. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/176457261843520191129-oblation-run-up-manila-JC-3184.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left">Health workers take blood samples of people who want to undertake voluntary  HIV and AIDS testing inside the University of the Philippines Manila on November 29, 2019. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Philippines recorded more than 5,000 new cases of HIV from July to September 2025, according to the Department of Health&#x27;s latest report.</p><p>Specifically, there were around 5,583 new HIV cases during the third quarter of the year, the agency&#x27;s epidemiology bureau said, noting that the number was 22 percent higher than the cases recorded in the same quarter last year.</p><p>The latest figures show that there are still no signs of the infection slowing down in the Philippines, the fastest-growing HIV epidemic in the Asia-Pacific region.</p><p>In June this year, Philippine health authorities called on the government to make HIV a national public health emergency because of <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2025/6/3/hiv-cases-in-ph-rise-by-500-among-ages-15-25-doh-0944">surging HIV infections</a> among individuals aged 15 to 25. </p><p>HIV infections in the said age group rose to 550 percent from 2010 to 2024, the DOH said in a separate statement.</p><p>Anyone can get an HIV infection, and most are acquired from sexual activity.</p><p>It can be prevented through the consistent use of condoms or through combining condom use with other interventions, such as the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP. </p><p>Learn more about <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2025/6/4/ano-ang-hiv-at-paano-ito-naipapasa-at-maiiwasan-1425">HIV prevention and treatment</a> <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2025/6/4/hiv-fact-sheet-symptoms-prevention-and-treatment-0126">here</a>.</p><p>The continued increase in the number of cases comes amid the abrupt slashing of HIV-related foreign funding for the Philippines and other nations, which left advocacy groups <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2025/6/7/us-aid-cut-to-philippines-hiv-programs-leaves-some-clinics-in-limbo-as-cases-soar-0805">struggling to resume or keep operations</a>.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2025/11/26/cuts-to-hiv-funding-most-significant-setback-in-decades-un-0917">Cuts to HIV funding &#x27;most significant setback in decades&#x27;: UN</a></div><p>The DOH has vowed to address the challenges of the epidemic in the Philippines following the aid cuts, saying it is intensifying HIV awareness and prevention efforts as well as stigma reduction.</p><p>On Saturday, ahead of World AIDS Day, the agency offered free HIV screening, testing, counselling, as well as HPV services in Liwasang Aurora, Quezon Memorial Circle.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2025/6/4/ano-ang-hiv-at-paano-ito-naipapasa-at-maiiwasan-1425">ALAMIN: Ano ang HIV, paano ito naipapasa at maiiwasan</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8RnGHom9xWE?&amp;t=4s&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ivG4SYOlp5M?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>The Philippines recorded more than 5,000 new cases of HIV from July to September 2025, according to the Department of Health's latest report.</p>

The Philippines recorded more than 5,000 new cases of HIV from July to September 2025, according to the Department of Health's latest report.

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5,583 new HIV cases from July-Sept. 2025 in PH — DOH

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