Are Philippines HIV statistics true?

Question

I know the majority of Philipinos are Catholic. But noone can deny, there are alot of prostitutes and foreign customers of prostitutes in the country. My own country, where prostitution is a minor problem reports estimated 80,000 hiv sufferers. The Philippines reports 2000 one of the lowest in the world. I'm always told the government is corrupt but surely they would not lie about something so dangerous. But having said that I always practice safe s*x because Im really suspicious of the figures. Whats happened is god protecting the philippines from HIV or is the government hiding a dangerous and potentially massive problem?

Answer 1

Sometimes the governments do hide facts that can keep tourists away .Also some countries are not as lax as us with s*x.