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HEALTH - Although the prevention and control of HIV / AIDS has been running for decades in Indonesia, but until now there are still people with HIV / AIDS (PLWHA) who got the stigma or negative outlook.
According to the Chairman of the Indonesian AIDS Foundation dr. Sarsanto W Sarwono, SpOG, stigma and discrimination can hamper the handling of the problem of HIV-AIDS.
Sarsanto revealed, the stigma is often not from the neighborhood, but rather from his own family PLWHA.
"What makes the stigma can be from families themselves because they believe the myth of all kinds, such as baseball may eat together for fear contaminated. So PLWHA hidden in the room, and so on," said Sarsanto sesusai event declaration and signing of commitment menujuu # JakartaSadar2017 in Jakarta Thursday (01/12/2016).
PLWHA were encountered in the productive age. By removing the stigma and discrimination, people living with HIV could develop the ability of people with themselves and work as people who are not HIV positive.
If the family hid in the house alone PLWHA, her confidence will decline, and treatment can be inhibited. For that, go Sarsanto, in addition to preventing new cases of HIV, the elimination of stigma also continue to be made from family.
"Do not let PLWHA ostracized. They baseball may stay in the hospital, had to return to the family," said Sarsanto.
Removing the stigma can educate the public about how HIV is transmitted. Admittedly, such an erroneous myth that HIV can be transmitted through public facilities such as using the toilet seat, using the same cutlery, through handshakes, hugging, kissing and mosquito bites, there are still many people believe.
