Indonesia plans to be HIV capital of the world
Martin
course the overwhelming majority of cases there are undiagnosed.
And, interestingly, it's reckoned that fag sex in Indonesian only
accounts for 3-4 percent of 'HIV' infections.
<http://balita.ph/2009/11/16/indonesia-to-have-5-million-hivaids-cases-by-2010/>:
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An Indonesian experts said on Sunday there would be a maximum of 5
million HIV/AIDS cases in 300 cities and subdisricts across Indonesia
in 2010.
The number was based on estimation of HIV/AIDS sufferers who came to
the hospitals, accounting for not more than one tenth of the total
number of people infected with the deadly virus in the country, Head
of the National Trainer Care, Support and Treatment of Integrated
Management of Adolescent and Adult illness (IMAI) for HIV/AIDS Ronald
Jonathan said, quoted by Antara news agency.
"I think that the number of reported cases will reach 93,000 to
130,000 in 2010 which is merely the top of an iceberg, or only 5- 10
percent of total number of sufferers in the Indonesia," Jonathan said
in Bandarlampung of Lamppung province on Sunday.
He said that from the 1980s to September 2009, Indonesia had about
18,442 HIV/AIDS sufferers, with a men-women ratio of 3:1.
According to the latest data, Jonathan said, sexual intercourse had
now become the most frequent cause of the spread of HIV/AIDS in the
society, accounting for 50 percent of the total number of sufferers,
while the use of syringes only 40.7 percent, and the spread of the
HIV/AIDS among certain groups such as homosexuals and transsexuals
reached only 3-4 percent.
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