Berita Satu, 25 Juli 2014

Jakarta - Perempuan yang sedang mengandung diimbau untuk melakukan tes HIV/AIDS sedini mungkin untuk memastikan langkah yang tepat demi mencegah penularan kepada bayinya.

"Kuncinya adalah semua ibu hamil bersedia melakukan tes HIV, sehingga bisa segera dilakukan pengobatan kalau memang hasilnya positif," kata Menteri Kesehatan Nafsiah Mboi usai melepas rombongan mudik Lebarang karyawan Kementerian Kesehatan di Jakarta, Jumat (25/7).

Dalam "The 20th International AIDS Conference" yang berlangsung pada 20-25 Juli 2014 di Melbourne, Australia, Nafsiah berkesempatan memaparkan situasi HIV/AIDS di Indonesia, serta kemajuan negara kita dalam penanggulangan HIV/AIDS.

Menurutnya, komitmen Indonesia terhadap masalah HIV/AIDS adalah menyelamatkan bayi-bayi yang baru lahir dari penyebaran HIV/AIDS sehingga generasi berikutnya bisa bebas dari penyakit yang bisa menyebabkan berbagai komplikasi serius.

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Australia Network News, 25 July 2014

It's not easy locating Yang Jie's office. He runs 'Deep Blue', an NGO in the coastal city of Tianjin where gay men can go to be tested for HIV.

A volunteer at his centre leads us through a housing estate. We stop outside a block that has nothing on the outside that identifies his organisation.

This is a deliberate move to maintain a low profile because Yang Jie faced a public backlash when neighbours found out the nature of his work.

He remembers the fear and worry they showed as they protested and demanded the organisation move.

"They were worried they would be infected. They thought gays were dirty and they thought they would be infected," Mr Yang said.

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Jamaica Observer, 25 July 2014

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — There has been an increase in the number of elderly persons contracting HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases as they venture outside the home seeking romantic encounters, says Cephus Sealey, chairman of the National Assistance Board.

Expressing concern about what he described as risky sexual practices among mature Barbadians, Sealey said Wednesday: "Johns are becoming older, as they seek sexual gratification outside the home, they inadvertently place themselves at risk of contracting SDIs (socially transmitted illnesses) and passing it on to their unsuspecting partners."

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the Jakarta Post, 25 July 2014

A new joint initiative has been launched to increase HIV testing and treatment uptake in Indonesia, where government efforts to roll out universal access to antiretroviral (ARV) therapy have been hampered by low numbers of people presenting for HIV testing.

The project is funded by Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with AU$2 million over four years. It is a collaboration between the World Health Organization (WHO), the Kirby Institute, the Indonesian Health Ministry and the National AIDS Program, as well as three leading Indonesian universities — Padjadjaran University in Bandung, Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta and Udayana University in Bali.

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VOA, 25 July 2014

ABUJA — Nearly a month into a nationwide doctor's strike, HIV/AIDS patients in some parts of northern Nigeria say health care is rapidly declining, and they have become largely dependent upon foreign aid organizations. Doctors say the strike is the only way they know to rescue Nigeria's flailing healthcare system, but nurses accuse strikers of abandoning public care in favor of more lucrative private practices.

The Nigerian Medical Association said about 30,000 members have been on strike since the beginning of July, breaking the strike only to provide emergency care for victims of frequent insurgent attacks.

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