Fantastic increase in HIV/AIDS cases in Batam, dominated by same-sex couples

Liputan6.com, Batam – Municipal Health Office Batam recorded an increase in the number of cases HIV/AIDS in Batam City reaching 446 people in 2022. The amazing thing, from the findings of the Healthcare Company, it is stated that the increase in cases is dominated by the deviations in the behavior of homosexual couples.

Batam City Health Service Chief Didi Kusmardjadi said the frequency of rising HIV/AIDS cases due to same-sex couples has not only occurred in Batam but also in Indonesia nationwide and even in other countries.

“Yeah, the anticipation, we just have regular sex,” Didi said Liputan6.comon the sidelines of the World HIV/AIDS Day commemoration event at Mall Botania 2 Batam, Thursday (1/12/2022).

Of the 446 positive HIV/AIDS cases in Batam, including 333 men and 113 women, 2,594 people have been tested. Meanwhile, 57 people have died out of a total of 8,800 people reported as HIV-positive for HIV/AIDS.

Batam City Health Bureau Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Division Chief Melda Sari said the highest transmission occurred among male sexual partners with a productive age range of 25-49 years. , through the use of injection needles.

“There are about four hundred more people with HIV/AIDS this year, if we accumulate from 1992 to 2022, that’s the number of people with HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS it reached 8,800 people,” Imelda said.

Imelda explained that the data that was sent to the Batam City Health Bureau is the result of the collaboration of a number of NGOs and HIV/AIDS activists who have gone directly to the field.

“In fact, currently the data that is entered is mostly men who have HIV/AIDS, so we also suggest discipline in the use of safety devices or condoms, and the most important thing is to be faithful to each partner,” Imelda explained.

Imelda said from the total data there were about 3,000 positive HIV/AIDS indications of “los,” not taking treatment because they weren’t known.

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