30 die of AIDS in East Java<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post
\nJakarta<\/p>\n
The death toll from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
\ncases in East Java has now officially reached 30.<\/p>\n
East Java Deputy Governor Imam Supardi said there has been an
\nincrease in HIV\/AIDS cases because of local people's lack of
\nawareness.<\/p>\n
According to data at the local health office, there have been
\n423 HIV\/AIDS cases reported and 30 have so far died. There was no
\ndetailed data on the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n
Imam, also chairman of the Anti-drug and -HIV\/AIDS Movement
\nMonth in the province, said the number of HIV\/AIDS cases in the
\nprovince have increased by between 400 percent and 500 percent
\nsince 1999.<\/p>\n
\"In 1999, only three new cases were discovered every month but
\nfrom 2000 to May 2002, almost eight new cases were discovered
\nevery month. Eighty percent of the cases were transferred through
\nsexual contact, and 12.5 percent through sharing needles,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Nationally, the province has the second highest number of
\nHIV\/AIDS cases after Irian Jaya, while Jakarta and Riau are third
\nand fourth.<\/p>\n
Imam added the local office of the Anti-drug organization has
\nalso noted a decrease in the number of drug abuse cases to 388 in
\n2001 from 407 in 2000.<\/p>\n
President Megawati Soekarnoputri is scheduled to launch a
\nnationwide anti-drug and HIV\/AIDS awareness movement on
\nWednesday. All motorists in the province have been asked to keep
\ntheir headlamps on all day long to mark the launch.<\/p>",
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