TRIBUNKALTIM.CO – To commemorate World AIDS day in 2022, PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur (Pupuk Kaltim) graduate. education HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, plus free health checkups and voluntary counseling and testing (CTV) for hundreds of communities around the company.
This activity is in collaboration with the Department Health Bontang City and North Bontang 2 Community Health Center was held at the General Meeting Hall (BPU) of Loktuan Village, North Bontang on Monday (5/12/2022).
SVP of Technology Pupuk Kaltim Heri Subagyo, disclosed that this activity is a form of concern of the company for the improvement of public health status, which is carried out regularly every year.
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Good fit education as well as direct exams as an effort to bring health services closer together while encouraging a healthy lifestyle for the community around the company.
In line with the “Equalize” theme at the commemoration of World AIDS Day 2022, Pupuk Kaltim it also calls on the people of Bontang to work towards overcoming the inequalities that impede progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
This is because some people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) still feel discriminated against and stigmatized, so they are embarrassed to seek treatment.
“Through education If this happens, hopefully we will be able to provide support to PLWHA so they stay excited about living life. This step is also a form of commitment Pupuk Kaltim in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, especially in Bontang City,” said Heri.
Besides being a routine agenda Pupuk KaltimThis activity is also the company’s effort to support the achievement of 3 HIV/AIDS zeros in 2030, i.e. zero new cases of HIV infection, zero discrimination of PLWHA and zero deaths from HIV/AIDS.
From education and the health checks carried out, it is hoped that the people of Bontang, especially those around the company, are more concerned about their own and their families’ health, in order to prevent and treat communicable and non-communicable diseases.
“That is why this activity is one of Pupuk Kaltim’s priorities in anticipating the spread of HIV/AIDS from an early age by raising public awareness through education and performing routine checkups. It is hoped that in the future there will be no further spread of HIV/AIDS in Bontang, followed by an increase in the state of public health,” added Harry.
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Loktuan Lurah Hadi Jumianto, expressed his appreciation for the continuity of the role Pupuk Kaltim in the promotion of health services education for the people of the region.
Hadi said that this activity was very helpful in raising shared awareness of the dangers of HIV/AIDS so that it could be anticipated by the community, starting from the smallest setting, namely the family.
“By continued efforts, we can prevent HIV/AIDS by raising public awareness through education that are given. That’s why we welcome this activity very much, because the knowledge of this matter is important that the community understands well,” said Hadi.
He hopes education this can continue to be implemented Pupuk Kaltimso that the risk of HIV/AIDS spreading in the community can be more optimally suppressed.
