Today (22/12) Minister of Health, dr. Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, Dr.PH attend the launch of Kramat Tunggak Women Book. This book raised an interesting picture of the social background of hundreds of women working as entertainers sex in localization of Kramat Tunggak, North Jakarta. The story in the book describe the event 15 years ago, published Pustaka Sinar Harapan. Now, the book was reissued by the Publisher Gramedia (KPG) whose condition is different, because the localization is now officially closed by the Government of DKI Jakarta. The book was written based on the dissertation of Endang R Sedyaningsih in the program earned a doctorate at Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston United States, which focuses on the sexual behavior of sex workers at high risk of contracting and transmitting sexually transmitted infections or STIs, including HIV / AIDS.

As known today, the most way of transmission of HIV / AIDS through heterosexual contact (51.3%), Injection Drug Users or injecting drug users / IDUs (39.6%), Men Sex Men (3.1%), and perinatal or from mother to baby carriers (2.6%).

Up to 30 September 2010, the cumulative number of AIDS cases reported as many as 22726 cases spread over 32 provinces. The highest case dominated the productive age of 20-29 years of age (47.8%), followed by 30-39 years age group (30.9%), and 40-49 age groups (9.1%). From the number , 4250 cases or 18.7% of them died. While the majority of cases reported from DKI Jakarta, followed by West Java, East Java, Papua, Bali, West Kalimantan, Central Java, South Sulawesi, North Sumatra, and Riau.

The addition of AIDS cases in the period in the third quarter (July-September) of 2010 as many as 956 cases were reported from 48 districts / municipalities in 13 provinces (Aceh, Bengkulu, Riau Islands, Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, Banten, NTT, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and Papua).

Rate of National AIDS case Cumulative to September 30, 2010 was 9.85 per 100,000 population (based on BPS, 2009, total Indonesian population of 230,632,700 inhabitants). The highest rate of cumulative AIDS cases reported from Papua Province (14.2 times the national rate), Bali (5.0 times the national rate), DKI Jakarta (3.4 times the national rate), West Kalimantan (2.4 times the national average), Kep. Riau (2.5 times the national rate), Maluku (1.5 times the national rate), Yogyakarta (1.4 times the national rate), Bangka Belitung (1.2 times the national rate), West Papua, East Java, West Java , and West Sumatra (1.0 times the national rate).

The proportion of the most opportunistic infections are tuberculosis (11,513 cases), chronic diarrhea (6567 cases), candidiasis oro-faringenal (6605 cases), generalized dermatitis (1676 cases), and persistent generalized lymphadenopathy (778 cases).

For the cumulative cases of HIV positive until 30 September 2010 as many as 50,352 with an average positive rate of 10.8%. While the number of new cases in the third quarter of 2010 as many as 4173 cases. Areas with most common HIV-positive cases are DKI Jakarta (12 814), East Java (6430), West Java (4001), North Sumatra (3573), and West Kalimantan (2536).

HIV / AIDS until now there is no effective drugs and vaccines to prevent it. The only drug that exists is (ARV = Antiretroviral Virus) functions to suppress virus growth.

One effort is made by  Ministry of Health is HIV care since 2005. Number of PLWHA (People Living with HIV / AIDS) until 30 September 2010 as many as 18,982 people are still receiving antiretrovirals (60.3% of those that had received ARVs). Number of PLWHA who are still in the highest ARV treatment came from DKI Jakarta (6946), West Java (1418), East Java (1138), Bali (835), Papua (724), Central Java (562), North Sumatra (543), West Kalimantan (380), Riau Islands (420), and South Sulawesi (347). PLWHA death decreased from 46% in 2006 to 18% in 2009.

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