Tribun Network, 22 Oktober 2014

TRIBUNNEWS.COM,SITUBONDO - Untuk mencegah merebaknya virus HIV/AIDS, ratusan warga binaan Rumah Tahanan Situbondo, diambil sampel darahnya, Rabu (22/10/2014).

Pengambilan sampel darah para tahanan dan narapidana melibatkan sekitar 10 orang tenaga medis.

"Total tahanan dan napi yang diambil darahnya, seluruhnya berjumlah sebanyak 194 orang," kata Andri, kasi Pengamanan Rutan SitubondoRabu (22/10/2014).

Sementara itu, salah seorang napi mengatakan sangat mendukung program pengambilan sampel darah dari Dinas Kesehatan tersebut.

"Ini sangat baik, karena penyakit dapat terdetekdi secara dini," ujar Herlin, wanita asal Bondowoso.

Kasi Pemberantasan Penyakit dan Konselor HIV AIDS, Heryawan mengatakan, pengambilan sampel dari ini, merupakan program yang kedua kalinya.

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Radar Pekalongan, 22 Oktober 2014

SLAWI – Sedikitnya 4 ibu hamil di wilayah Kabupaten Tegal, diketahui mengidap HIV/AIDS. Empat ibu rumah tangga itu diduga tertular oleh suaminya masing-masing. Sejauh ini, mereka masih beraktifitas seperti biasa.

Kepala Bidang Kesehatan Keluarga dan Gizi, Dinas Kesehatan, Pemkab Tegal, Teguh Mulyadi, mengatakan, empat wanita hamil itu dikategorikan beresiko tinggi (resti). Karenanya, Pemda akan bertanggungjawab dan memberikan penanganan khusus terhadap mereka. Jika mereka tidak memiliki kartu BPJS, maka Pemda akan menanggungnya melalui APBD II Perubahan 2014. Pemda akan memberikan skala prioritas bagi mereka. "Kita sudah menganggarkan untuk ibu hamil resti dalam perubahan 2014," kata Teguh, Selasa (21/10).

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All Africa, 21 October 2014

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, has described the upcoming launch of National Plan for the country's Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, eMTCT, initiative as being in line with the Global Plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive.

Debunking reports that the event was a political jamboree disguised as HIV/AIDS Conference in the Federal Capital Territory, Director General, NACA, Prof John Idoko said the launch is part of the continuous effort by the Federal Government of Nigeria through NACA, to reduce by 90 percent the number of new HIV infections among children and to reduce AIDS-related maternal deaths by 50 percent.

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HRC Blog, 21 October 2014

While advances in treatment and research mean that HIV/AIDS is no longer a death sentence, for many years now the battle against this terrible epidemic has drawn to a standstill. Despite years of public education and outreach to vulnerable communities, there are still 50,000 new HIV infections every year in the United States.

But new advances, and new commitments from elected leaders, are cause for hope. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis—known simply as PrEP—is a new, life-changing medication that when taken daily is over 90% effective in preventing HIV-infections in HIV-negative individuals.

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All Africa, 21 October 2014

ALTHOUGH the nation has recorded impressive success in fighting HIV and AIDS in the country, the disease's prevalence is still high in key population groups.

Speaking to the 'Daily News' in Dar es Salaam as the United Nations celebrates 69 years of its establishment this week, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Programme Specialist HIV/AIDS, Dr Bwijo Bwijo, said HIV prevalence among key population groups was higher than the prevalence in the general population.

He said focus should now be on the key population groups, which include drug users, sex workers and gay, to ensure that all efforts placed in controlling the epidemic does not go to waste.

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