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HEALTH - During this time, many people are embarrassed or afraid, even did not need an HIV test because they consider excluding risk groups.
In fact, the number of cases of HIV / AIDS there was a housewives (10 626 cases). Unwittingly, the housewife of her husband's risk of contracting HIV through sexual intercourse.
To raise awareness about the importance of prevention of transmission of HIV, Health Minister Nila F Moeloek, through a written statement to reporters, inviting the public to have an HIV test.
"We hope and extend an invitation to all people not to doubt or fear in conducting HIV tests, no discrimination or stigma in people taking an HIV test, and not stigmatizing people infected with HIV, because all the people likely to be infected with HIV," Nila said, Thursday (12/01/2016).
It was also submitted Nila while attending the anniversary of World AIDS HIV in Surabaya, East Java. Until recently, East Java is one of the provinces with the case of HIV / AIDS.
Data in Indonesia, since 2005 until December 2015 there were 191 073 people are infected with HIV.
Lack of public awareness and the persistence of stigma on people living with HIV / AIDS (AIDS) also inhibits HIV / AIDS.
If people taking an HIV test and it turned out positive, of course can be directly given antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to suppress the virus and improve quality of life of people living with HIV.
With known earlier, helped people living with HIV to prevent transmission to others. To note, the risk factors for HIV transmission most is through unsafe sexual behavior in heterosexuals (66 percent), sharing needles non-sterile injecting drug users (11 percent), sex men with men (3 percent), and the transmission of HIV positive mothers to children (3 percent).
Besides housewife, AIDS cases are found in non-professional workers / employees (9603 cases), entrepreneurs (9439 cases), the farmer / rancher / fisherman (3,674 cases), a laborer (3,191 cases); sex workers (2,578 cases), civil servants (1,819 cases), as well as school children / students (1,764 cases).
