Nathaniel David, 30, appeared in a press conference, Monday to admit that he has the dreaded HIV-AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ) since 2010.
The city’s health officers are encouraging openness among men to adapt to family planning methods and other reproductive health issues, in their bid to alter the “very low acceptance rate" to a family planning procedure.
The Reproductive Health and Wellness Center (RHWC) here told the weekly iSpeak media forum at the City Hall that "in Region XI, Davao city contributes the most cases of HIV positive which is 82 per cent".
Alma Mondragon of Alliance Against AIDS in Mindanao (ALAGAD) on Thursday said that the city needs P133 million budget to implement the program for awareness campaign and treatment of HIV-AIDS. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
As of now, there are about 9, 216 cases of EVD recorded around the world with 4,555 casualties.