Increases, the amount Housewife with HIV / AIDS

The number of people living with HIV / AIDS in low-risk group showed a rising trend, namely on the housewives. Among other things, seen from the case of the housewife who does not have multiple sexual partners and not using injecting drugs, which is the higher. This phenomenon is in line with the increasing cases of groups of men "sex buyers".

The number of people living with HIV / AIDS from the housewife, in a note Women's Solidarity for Humanity and Human Rights (SPEK-HAM) Solo, higher than among people with injecting drug users. From 2005 until September 2011, in Solo, Central Java, found 163 cases of HIV / AIDS in the housewife group, 259 cases in men buyers of sex, 82 cases in injecting drug users, and 66 cases in female sex workers.

"We saw the highest number of sufferers there is a shift from injecting drug users to the low risk group, ie, a housewife," says Division Manager-Human Urban II SPEK Solo Rahayu Purwa, Tuesday (25/10).

Unprotected

According Rahayu, risks involved in injecting drug users can be suppressed with the use of sterile needles. Risk on homosexuals can be suppressed with the use of condoms, while the housewife is relatively unprotected."I suspect that new households appear venereal disease. So, there must be awareness of yourself for check-up. If it appears venereal disease or whitish, came to the hospital or clinic for sexually transmitted infections screening for venereal disease was the entrance of HIV / AIDS, "said Rahayu.

Secretary of the National AIDS Commission (NAC) Surakarta Harsoyo Supodo said that since October 2005 until September 2011 found 627 cases of HIV / AIDS. This is based on patients who come to the clinic voluntary counseling testing (VCT) Hospital Dr Moewardi, Dr. Oen Surakarta Hospital and Health Center Manahan. Based on the job, most people with the group of employees, ie 173 people. "Starting from employees to workers," he said.

The group followed the self-employed workers (131 people), housewives (114), female sex workers (57), driver (28), male sex workers (17), student / student (8), and others (97) . (EKI)

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