In 2007, 7,490 people were estimated to be living with HIV in the Philippines, out of which 1,788 (23.9%) were women. An average of 29 new HIV infection cases were reported per month in 2007. The national HIV prevalence among adults remains below 0.1%. The cumulative number of AIDS cases reached 3,061 and 782 respectively in the 1984-2007 period.

Currently, a total of 336 patients receive free ARV treatment. HIV prevalence among most-at-risk populations, including injecting drug users (IDUs), female sex workers (FSWs) and their clients, and men who have sex with men (MSM), is low at 0.08%. Unprotected sex remains the most common mode of HIV transmission (88%).

In the 2007 Integrated HIV Behaviour Serologic Studies conducted in 10 sentinel sites, 48% of IDUs reported using sterile injecting equipment the last time they injected.

The same year, 48% of interviewed FSWs, 49% of MSM, 27% of male IDUs and 65% of male clients of FSWs reported to have had more than one sexual partner and to have used a condom during their last sexual intercourse. In relation to HIV and mobility, approximately 35% of the total reported HIV infection cases were among overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

By the end of 2007, 33% of the sero-positive cases among OFWs were seafarers and 17% were domestic workers, 74% of them were male and 94% of them acquired HIV through unprotected sexual contact.