The Atlantic: The City at the Heart of the Philippines’s HIV Epidemic
“…In 2014, the Cebu HIV/AIDS Registry reported that 74 percent of the city’s 1,366 recorded HIV infections were due to needle-sharing. The [Department of Health] estimates that more than 50 percent of the roughly 6,000 intravenous-drug users in Cebu and its neighboring cities are positive for HIV. Needle disposal has become a public health problem: In some areas, used syringes dot the streets…” (Santos, 1/5).