WORLD AIDS DAY December 1, 2025 Assalamu Alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh! Madayaw ug maayong adlaw kaninyong tanan. Magandang araw sa inyong lahat. The Philippines has the fastest-growing HIV epidemic in the Asia-Pacific region. Every day, fifty-seven Filipinos learn that they are HIV-positive. Nearly half are young people between 15 and 24 years of age. This is our reality—but it does not have to define our future. Today, on World AIDS Day, I stand with every Filipino living with HIV—a lifel