THE Philippines is one of eight countries that account for majority of new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the Asia-Pacific region, with the number having more than doubled in the past six years, according to a UN report.

From the period of 2010 to 2016, cases of new infections of HIV in the country has risen from 4,300 in 2010 to 10,500 in 2016, Eamonn Murphy, director of the UNAIDS Regional Support Team for the Asia-Pacific said.

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