According to her, HIV/AIDS cases are common in the coastal parts of the province and the rural hinterland. In Jayapura, 2,666 cases have been reported, and in the Mimika district, 2,823 cases have been reported. In fact, the Mimika district has the most number of HIV/AIDS cases compared to all the districts in the province.
"A total of 13 districts have not submitted their reports on the number of HIV/AIDS cases," said Wulandari.
There are a total of 2,384 men who have HIV and 4,323 men who have AIDS. 2,857 women have HIV and 3,521 women have AIDS.
3,015 HIV cases and 4,701 AIDS cases have been reported by people between the ages of 25 and 49. On the other hand, 1,238 HIV cases and 1,758 AIDS cases have been reported by people between the ages of 20 and 24.
"Reports show that there are 35 infants (below the age of 1) who have contracted HIV/AIDS. There are 296 kids, between the ages of 1 and 4 who have contracted HIV/AIDS, and there are 1,300 teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 who have HIV/AIDS. Comparatively, only 413 people above the age of 50 have HIV/AIDS," she said.(*)
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