National Epidemiology Center Director Eric Tayag of the Department of Health confirmed that the Philippines has about 3,000 persons infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immune Deficiency (HIV-AIDS) and more than 700 have already died. Studies recently done reveal that 1,838 cases resulted from heterosexual sexual contacts while 620 got infected through homosexual acts and about 230 were inflicted by bisexual activities or through blood transfusions and prenatal transmission by mothers to infants.