This is based on
the data of the Provincial Health Office/PHO-Aklan during an interview with Debby
Villaflor, Provincial Nurse Coordinator of STI/HIV/AIDS-Aklan.
It was learned
that of this 24 recorded cases of the Regional Health Office 6, six has already
died, 9 are new cases and the remaining had been monitored for a number of
years now.
Villaflor added
that the number of HIV/AIDS victims in Aklan has been recorded for five to six
years aside from the new cases.
The Provincial
Nurse Coordinator also revealed that most of the victims are males who had
acquired the disease through sexual intercourse.
Meanwhile to
protect the security of the patients, Villaflor had refused to reveal the names
of the towns in Aklan where these victims are from.
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