AIDS in Quezon City

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AIDS in Quezon City
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1AIDS IN QUEZON CITY
Executive Summary
This report discuss about the HIV AIDS related problem among the people of Quezon City of
Philippines. Human Immunodeficiency syndrome is one of the most common sexually
transmitted disease in world and it is mainly targeting the immune system of human being. It
is reported that, there are almost 2,936, 116 people are living in the city and among the whole
population, 50.7 per cent are male population and 49.3 per cent are female. As per the report
of World Health Organization highlighted that, Philippines has incremental growth rate of
HIV infection among their population and in between 2012- 2015 the country has faced
enhanced cases of HIV infection. Apart from the health condition, there are also various socio
economic perspectives that are contributing to the high prevalence of HIV AIDS among the
people. the cost of living and health treatment for the people of the society are not favourable
at all for the living of the people in the society and thus, it can be said that, due this poor
economic condition of the society, most of the people are not at all able to access the basic
level of education. However, the poor economic condition also restricts the individuals from
using condoms during the sexual intimation with their partners. For improving this condition,
the government can use healthy city approach and thereby can initiate various workshops and
training program for enhancing the knowledge levels of the people regarding this problem.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Health Issue................................................................................................................................4
Health Setting Approach and Recommendation........................................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9

3AIDS IN QUEZON CITY
Introduction
Human Immunodeficiency syndrome or HIV is one of the most common sexually
transmitted disease in world and it is mainly targeting the immune system of human being.
The HIV infections among the individuals make the immune system weaker and thus various
bacteria and viruses can attack the body easily. It is reported that , the most advanced stage
of HIV infection is named as Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and it may take
2- 15 years to show the symptoms of this particular disease condition. According to the report
of World Health Organization, it is reported that, it is one of major global health issue and as
per the data of 2018, 770,000 people had died from HIV-related diseases. In the same year
approximately 1.7 million people newly affected by HIV and 37.9 million people are living
with this disease (World Health Organization 2019).
This report primarily focuses on the AIDS among the population of Quezon City,
Philippines. According to the data of the government, it is reported that, there are almost
2,936, 116 people are living in the city and among the whole population, 50.7 per cent are
male population and 49.3 per cent are female (as per the data of 2015). The demographic data
of the city, also reported that, most of the population of this particular city are in the age
group of 15 years to 64 years and the percentage of population under this age group covers
almost 69.5 per cent of overall population of the country. The report of World Health
Organization highlighted that, Philippines has incremental growth rate of HIV infection
among their population and in between 2012- 2015 the country has faced enhanced cases of
HIV infection and since 2010, the number had enhanced 10 times. In this city, almost 69% of
the population are diagnosed with HIV and therefore, it is very crucial to prevent this
increment of HIV in the city (Philippine Statistics Authority 2018)