PEOPLE’S MIND – Number of sufferers HIV/AIDS in the district Majalengka continues to grow, the transmission is mostly due to sexual intercourse between men and men, after that it is transmitted from husband to wife, and is transmitted to the children they give birth to.
The number of sufferers from 2021 to May 2022 has reached 706 people, 18 of whom are children with the smallest age of 1 year.
Then as many as 401 sufferers are now actively taking treatment at clinics in two hospitals, RSU Majalengka and Cideres as well as counseling.
According to the Secretary of the District Health Office, Majalengka Agus Susanto accompanied by Head of P2P Dede Pranoto, the addition of cases every year is quite a lot, and almost all of the transmission is due to illicit sexual relations.
The sufferers HIV/AIDS currently being educated so that they continue to carry out treatment at available clinics.
As for pregnant women, prevention is carried out through Triple Elimination, which is a program to eliminate or protect children from three infectious diseases directly from mother to child.
These three diseases are infections HIV/AIDSsyphilis and hepatitis B.
According to Dede, through the Triple Elimination, all pregnant women during their pregnancy must be tested for three diseases HIV/AIDSsyphilis and hepatitis B at least once.
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