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36,000 people with HIV/AIDS receive ARV therapy throughout 2013
As many as 36,483 people living with HIV/AIDS (ODHA) have received antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in 2013, up from 2,381 in 2005, a senior health official has said
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s many as 36,483 people living with HIV/AIDS (ODHA) have received antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in 2013, up from 2,381 in 2005, a senior health official has said.
'The development of HIV/AIDS control in Indonesia has shown relatively good results. This can be seen from the increase in the number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy in 2013,' said the Health Ministry's director general of disease control and environmental health Tjandra Yoga Aditama in Jakarta on Tuesday, as quoted by Antara news agency.
However, he said, the ministry also found that the number of early detected HIV cases had continuously increased. In 2013, 20,397 people were recorded as having been infected with HIV, up from 895 in 2005.
Meanwhile, the number of AIDS patients reached 2,763 as of September, down from 4,987 in 2005.
'The Case Fatality Rate (CFR) has also dropped to 0.85 percent as of September from 13.65 percent in 2004,' said Tjandra.
The Health Ministry has been intensively carrying out HIV/AIDS control and prevention programs by, among other measures, putting together a national guideline and training modules for health workers such as Training of Trainers (ToT) on Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT), which is followed up with VCT as well asCare and Support and Treatment (CST) training sessions.
'Such training sessions have continued to be provided to increase the number of healthcare facilities that can offer ARV therapy for people living with HIV/AIDS,' said Tjandra, adding that the ministry also developed training modules on the Methadone Therapy Program (PTRM) and the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT). (ebf)
