Tribun News, 8 Juli 2014

ilustrasi ISTLaporan Reporter Tribun Jogja, Dwi Nourma Handito

TRIBUNJOGJA.COM, YOGYA - Jumlah kasus HIV Aids di Kota Yogyakarta meningkat dan semakin mengkawatirkan. Hingga Maret 2014, tercatat ada 714 kasus terjadi di Kota Yogyakarta, jumlah tersebut meningkat 5,4 persen dari jumlah kasus akhir tahun lalu yang mencapai 677 kasus.

Dari jumlah tersebut, penyebab paling banyak masih disebabkan karena perilaku seks heteroseksual sebesar 56 persen. Dengan rata-rata umur penderita antara umur 20 hingga 29 tahun dan 64 persen dari 714 kasus tersebut diderita oleh laki-laki.

Capital Public Radio, 8 July 2014

HIV/AIDS drugs like AZT are lifesavers for many people. But insurers' policies on paying for the drugs vary widely. Will & Deni McIntyre / Science SourceFour Florida insurers allegedly discriminate against people with HIV/AIDS by structuring their prescription drug benefits so that patients are discouraged from enrolling, according to a complaint filed by health advocacy groups.

According to the complaint filed with the Office for Civil Rights at the federal Department of Health and Human Services, the insurers — CoventryOne, Cigna, Humana and Preferred Medical — violated the Affordable Care Act and federal civil rights laws by placing all covered HIV/AIDS drugs, including generics, in the highest drug tiers that require significant patient cost sharing.

IBN Live, 8 July 2014

"The government feels that there is no public health rationale for mandatory testing of a person for HIV/AIDS", Harsh Vardhan said.New Delhi: Mandatory testing for HIV/AIDS in India may scare "away a large number of suspected cases from getting detected and treated", the government opined on Tuesday even as it stated that the country has an estimated 7.77 lakh HIV/AIDS patients.

"Considerable thought has been given to the issue. The government feels that there is no public health rationale for mandatory testing of a person for HIV/AIDS."

"On the other hand, such an approach could be counter- productive as it may scare away a large number of suspected cases from getting detected and treated," Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday told Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

Tempo.Co, 8 Juli 2014

Foto ini diambil pada Oktober lalu dan memperlihatkan seorang penderita TBC dan HIV di sebuah ruang isolasi di Thailand. Pada tahun 2008, sebanyak 800,000 orang dewasa dan anak di Thailand menderita HIV/AIDS. AP Photo/David LongstreathTEMPO.CO, Cilacap - Sejumlah 67 orang bekas buruh migran asal Cilacap, Jawa Tengah, terdeteksi menderita HIV/AIDS. Mereka dipulangkan dari negara tujuan setelah menjalani pemeriksaan.

"Kami imbau agar sebelum berangkat buruh migran melakukan tes kesehatan di klinik Voluntary Counseling Tes (VCT) Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah (RSUD) Cilacap," kata Manajer Kasus VCT RSUD Cilacap, Rubino Sriadji, Selasa 8 Juli 2014.

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