Oleh: Arief Hargono

Kompleksitas masalah kesehatan membutuhkan penanganan yang cepat dan tepat melalui pengembangan dan penerapan kebijakan serta program kesehatan yang didukung oleh proses manajemen yang handal. Perencanaan, implementasi dan evaluasi manajemen program kesehatan yang berkualitas dapat dihasilkan melalui dukungan data dan informasi yang valid. Validitas data dan informasi dicapai melalui sistem informasi yang tepat waktu, reliable dan mampu menekan redudansi data.

Variasi sistem di tingkat kabupaten/kota, fragmentasi sistem puskesmas dan rumah sakit serta belum adanya standarisasi pencatatan dan pelaporan menjadi masalah pada sistem informasi kesehatan nasional. Penataan sistem informasi kesehatan dan penggunaan teknologi informasi berupa computer-networking dan cloud-technology merupakan salah satu upaya untuk meningkatkan kualitas pencatatan dan pelaporan data kesehatan.

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WebMD, 30 June 2014

But effect isn't strong enough to make it a stand-alone preventive treatment for herpes, expert says

MONDAY, June 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A combination drug used to treat and prevent HIV -- Truvada -- may have an additional benefit: lowering the risk of a genital herpes infection, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that African heterosexuals who were at risk of getting HIV from their partners were about 30 percent less likely to get infected with genital herpes if they took the drug tenofovir alone or with emtricitabine. Truvada is made from the combination of these two drugs.

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News Register, 30 June 2014

July is AIDS Awareness Month and North Lake College is doing its part to help spread knowledge and awareness about the disease.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in every 500 college students is infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, also known as HIV.

If those statistics hold true, that would mean 24 out of the 12,000 or so students attending North Lake College has contracted HIV.

"College students are a demographic where the choices they make can possibly put their health at risk," said Linda Skidmore, registered nurse at North Lake College who helped treat the first AIDS patient at Parkland Hospital in the 1980s. "People often acquire HIV or AIDS because of risky behavior such as having unprotected sex, doing certain drugs or not getting tested for any sexually transmitted disease after having sex with a new partner. Things that some college students do."

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Gay News Network, 01 July 2014

The National Association of People with HIV Australia (NAPWHA) has expressed concern over the future of its funding arrangement with the Australian Government.

A number of non-government organisations (NGOs) have been offered a six-month extension on current funding arrangements while the new government revisits the way organisations are funded.

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