www.merdeka.com – The South Tangerang City Health Bureau recorded the number of HIV and AIDS cases in the city, reaching 1,685 cases in the period 2015 to November 2022. Of that number, 1,460 cases of HIV patients and 225 cases of AIDS.
“For the number of cases in 2022 for January-November, there were 308 cases of HIV and AIDS. With details of 266 cases including HIV and 42 other AIDS,” the health bureau chief of the state health bureau said on Monday. city of South Tangerang, Alin Hendalin. (5/12).
She revealed that society’s taboo perceptions and society’s discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) make them reluctant to report and hide their illnesses. Thus increasing the risk factors for death and HIV/AIDS transmission within the community.
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Alin added that the majority of HIV/AIDS cases were suffered by men at 81% (out of 308).
“Most are of productive age, which is 25-49 years old,” he said.
Tangsel Health Bureau Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) Division Chief Adhy Purnawan stressed that the HIV/AIDS Treatment (PDP) Support Services in Tangsel total 12 health facilities (fasyankes) and 3 new PDP services will be added this year.
“Our PDP is spread across 7 sub-districts in South Tangerang city, consisting of 4 hospitals and 8 UPTD Puskesmas. At the end of this year, we will add 3 PDP services, namely UPTD Puskesmas Rawa Buntu, Permata Pamulang Hospital and Serpong Utara Hospital So that in total there are 15 PDP services in South Tangerang city,” he concluded.
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