Three under-five die from HIV/Aids in Malang

Antara ,  Malang, East Java   |  Mon, 06/23/2008 2:37 PM  |  Life

Three children under the age of five have died from HIV/AIDS in Malang District, East Java, in the past three years.

The three babies were infected with the HIV/AIDS virus whilst in their HIV/AIDS-infected mothers' wombs, Malang health service head Dr. Agus Wahyu Arifin said here on Monday.

"In 2005, one died of HIV/AIDS, another in 2007, and the last one died just recently, less than seven days ago," he said.

New-born babies usually do not survive the HIV-AIDS infection because they do not have a proper immune system, he said.

Since 1991, Malang has recorded 232 HIV/AIDS cases, with most patients aged between 25 and 50, he said.(**)

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