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59738
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RETROVIRAL DRUGS ONLY AVAILABLE TO 20,000 HIV/AIDS PATIENTS
Jakarta, May 8 (ANTARA) - Treatment with retroviral (ARV) drugs is being enjoyed by 20,000 people with HIV/AIDS in Indonesia although according to a WHO estimate the country has 270,000 sufferers, a physician routinely dealing with the disease said.
The main reason for the gap is the limited ARV stock available in the country, Prof.Dr. Zubairi Djoerban, manager of the HIV/AIDS Integrated Service Unit of Dr.Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta, said.
Speaking here Friday at a seminar on the handling of HIV/AIDS cases held ahead of the Ninth International Congress on Aids in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), he said the number of people with the deadly virus in Indonesia was rising continuously.
Citing Health Ministry figures, he said in 2002 there were 108,000 cases in Indonesia but the number rose to 193,000 in 2006, while this year it was estimated to reach 270,000.
Compared with Vietnam, the figures in Indonesia were still low but they were high compared with Iran and Pakistan, Djoerban said.
Indonesia had already done much to keep the disease under check but it was still not enough, he added.
In Jakarta alone, there were more than one hundred new cases every month with 30-35 percent of the cases involving intravenous narcotic drug users. ***3***
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The main reason for the gap is the limited ARV stock available in the country, Prof.Dr. Zubairi Djoerban, manager of the HIV/AIDS Integrated Service Unit of Dr.Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta, said.
Speaking here Friday at a seminar on the handling of HIV/AIDS cases held ahead of the Ninth International Congress on Aids in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), he said the number of people with the deadly virus in Indonesia was rising continuously.
Citing Health Ministry figures, he said in 2002 there were 108,000 cases in Indonesia but the number rose to 193,000 in 2006, while this year it was estimated to reach 270,000.
Compared with Vietnam, the figures in Indonesia were still low but they were high compared with Iran and Pakistan, Djoerban said.
Indonesia had already done much to keep the disease under check but it was still not enough, he added.
In Jakarta alone, there were more than one hundred new cases every month with 30-35 percent of the cases involving intravenous narcotic drug users. ***3***
(HAJM/B/b003/B003)
