Timika (News Today) - The number of HIV/AIDS carriers in Mimika district, Papua province, has been recorded at 2,302 persons, Secretary of the National AIDS Commission (KPA)for Mimika, Reinold Ubra said. Reinold said here on Wednesday that in the April - June 2010 period alone, a total of 110 new cases of HIV/AIDS carriers were found.
"In the April - June 2010 period, we found another 110 carriers in Mimika where most of whom contracted the disease through sexual contacts," Reinold said.
He said that 109 of the carriers contracted the viruses through sexual contacts and one through intravenous drug injections. The AIDS activist said that 75 of the cases had not yet shown clinical symptoms to develop into AIDS while the other 35 had shown the symptoms.
Source : kompas
Friday, August 13, 2010
Drastic Number of HIV/AIDS Carriers in Mimika
0 komentar:
Post a Comment