Tuesday, January 5, 2010

160 Thousand Indonesian Children Infected with HIV / AIDS


National AIDS Commission (KPAN) recorded about 160 thousand children in Indonesia are under 15 years of age infected with HIV / AIDS. Most of these children have HIV / AIDS from parents.

KPAN Secretary Nafsiah Mboi said KPAN with several pediatricians in Indonesia now is trying to do therapy on children with HIV / AIDS including the provision of drug seeking HIV / AIDS or antiretroviral (ARV) special children, although antiretroviral drugs in children is still imported from India.

According Nafsiah, the government is also now being sought to provide prevention services HIV / AIDS transmission from mother to child. "Starting this 2009 more and more hospitals and doctors can take steps to prevent from parents to the baby," he said.

He acknowledged the stigma and discrimination also still occur in health institutions, although patients with HIV / AIDS are children. According to him, the future need for an HIV / AIDS is more focused on children and adolescents.

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