AFP – HIV infections are soaring in the Philippines, with experts blaming online dating, poor sex education and conservative attitudes in the deeply religious country for fuelling the spread of the virus. While less than one per cent of the country’s more than 110 million people have been diagnosed with HIV, United Nations (UN) data […]
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The Southeast Asian nation has one of the world’s fastest-growing HIV epidemics, with the vast majority of new infections among gays and transgender women.
HIV infections are soaring in the Philippines, with experts blaming online dating, poor sex education and conservative attitudes in the deeply religious country for fuelling the spread of the virus. Experts said social media and online dating sites had fanned infections over the past decade by making it easier for people to find sexual partners.