People with HIV and AIDS are nothing to be afraid of. They are people just like every single one of us, and each has a story to tell. These people should be helped, embraced, and not dismissed. We need to open our hearts and our minds to them, and we just may learn we're pretty much all the same.

DATA:

As of January 2023, there were 110,736 HIV cases reported in the Philippines. Although this number seems low considering that the country has over 109 million people. Though the total HIV prevalence in the Philippines is less than 1%,