TRIBUN-BALI.COM, DENPASAR – Since Bali was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, it turns out that many people with HIV/Aids are lazy to seek treatment.
This also has an impact on the high number of deaths for sufferers.
The news was conveyed by the Head of Media Program of the Bali Province AIDS Commission (KPA), Yuni Ambara during a visit to the Secretariat Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Denpasar City on Monday (4/4/2022).
“Looking at national data, it turns out that 60 percent of people living with HIV (people living with HIV) die from TB attacks. And the main cause is latent TB,” he said.
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This is certainly worrying. A number of tools such as the TCM machine are now being intensified to speed up the case finding process.
Hopefully, the mortality rate against ODHIV can be suppressed by action treatment which is faster.
Refers to the data Bali Provincial Health Office Recently, cumulatively, the number of HIV cases from 1987-2022 in Bali has reached 26,209 people, consisting of 9,983 in the AIDS stage and 16,226 in the HIV stage.
For 2022, from January to March, 153 people have been found, consisting of 63 people in the AIDS stage and 90 people in the HIV stage.
“The more we find, the better. Because it’s easier for us to treat. Just like Covid 19.
The more they are found, the easier it is to control them,” said Head of the Secretariat of the Bali Province AIDS Commission (KPA) AA Ngurah Patria Nugraha who was also present to visit the AJI Denpasar office.
Gung Patria, his nickname is also hopeful, after Covid positive case 19 in Bali, which is decreasing, attention to HIV/Aids sufferers is growing again and treatment for the patients was back smoothly.
-Bali News
