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HIV/AIDS patient dies in Jambi
A person living with HIV/AIDS died recently in Jambi, raising concerns about the effectiveness of current prevention efforts, an official has said
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person living with HIV/AIDS died recently in Jambi, raising concerns about the effectiveness of current prevention efforts, an official has said.
Head of the disease and sanitation section of the West Tanjung Jabung Health Agency, Hernita said the deceased had been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 2012.
He added that six HIV/AIDS cases had been recorded in the region this year, increasing the number of disease-carrying individuals to 87.
He said that to help detect additional cases, all community health centers in West Tanjung Jabung had been instructed to collect data on those diagnosed with contagious sexual infections (IMS), especially the those designated as acute diseases.
Separately, in East Tanjung Jabung regency, 11 new cases of HIV/AIDS have been recorded as of August 2014. Of the 11 new cases of HIV, five had already developed into full-fledged AIDS.
Regional head of the disease eradication division and head of the sanitation division at the East Tanjung Jabung Health Agency Jaipatul Aswar said that to help prevent new HIV/AIDS cases, his agency had been disseminating information about the disease to the community.
'Through the dissemination we tell people to share needles and we promote the use of condoms,' Jaipatul said.
