TRIBUN-VIDEO.COM – Chairman of the Foundation for Strategic Studies (Lekas) Bogor Muksin Zainal Abidin records the number of case findings HIV / AIDS in the region Bogor is still quite high.
10 percent of them, said Muksin, are women sex workers ( WPS).
“From the data since 2020 we have carried out tests HIV / AIDS approximately 1372 existing WPS. We found 10% of them were exposed to HIV/AIDS,” he said when contacted by TribunnewsBogor.com, Monday (10/1/2022).
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He explained that the findings were found through Peer to Peer or Peer Educator (PE) assisted by the affiliated communities.
“Indeed, prostitution is now rare. However, they are spreading in boarding houses, online. We will do a sweep in their places,” he explained.
However, he did not deny that this number will continue to rise.
“We see the iceberg phenomenon. It is possible that it will continue to grow. However, we will continue to maximize our role in conducting tests HIV / AIDS and provide assistance later. But, it also requires cooperation between all parties,” he concluded.
This article has been published on TribunnewsBogor.com with the title Quick Bogor
– Test 1,372 female sex workers, 10 percent exposed to HIV/AIDS
Editor: Dita Dwi Puspitasari
Video Production: Lulu Adzizah F – Source: Tribunnews Bogor
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