'HIV spreads fastest in the Philippines'

According to the New York-based Human Rights Watch, the Philippines is facing the fastest HIV transmission rate in the world.

Statistics show that the number of HIV infections among gay men in the Philippines has increased tenfold in the past five years.

HIV infection in the Philippines.

In 2015, the HIV infection rate in Cebu City, Philippines, was 15%, three times higher than the HIV infection rate in sub-Saharan Africa, where the HIV epidemic is most severe in the world.

According to Human Rights Watch, the number of people infected with HIV in the Philippines is increasing rapidly due to sharing needles, not using or using low-quality condoms, and lack of education about HIV transmission...

The Philippines is one of three countries in the Asia-Pacific region described as "epidemic hotbeds" of HIV/AIDS.

HIV infection rates are declining globally, but the Philippines is one of nine countries in the world where HIV infection rates continue to rise./.

According to VOV