E. Java ranks the 5th in AIDS<\/p>\n
SURABAYA, East Java: The province of East Java has had the
\nfifth highest increase in the transmission of Acquired Immune
\nDeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), following Irian Jaya, Riau,
\nYogyakarta and South Sumatra.<\/p>\n
Alex Amirullah, assistant to the East Java governor on socio-
\neconomic affairs, revealed on Monday that up to March 2001, the
\nnumber of local people infected by the Human Immunodeficiency
\nVirus (HIV), had reached 197, 30 of whom were afflicted by full-
\nblown AIDS while a further 26 had died.<\/p>\n
\"The number of Indonesian people affected by HIV this year is
\nestimated to reach between 80,000 and 120,000,\" he said in the
\nopening ceremony of the second phase of specialized training for
\nsocial workers, which included two training experts from
\nAustralia, on Monday.<\/p>\n
By the end of 2000, the national figure of HIV\/AIDS cases had
\nreached more than 2,300 while the world figure is some 36.1
\nmillion.<\/p>\n
Alex said the main factors that had contributed to the fast
\ntransmission of HIV included high-risk sexual behavior, the sex
\nindustry and the high level of migration and poverty.<\/p>\n
He explained that the provincial administration had yet to be
\nable to detect the illegal use of narcotics and other addictive
\ndrugs because of the absence of an accurate inventory system.
\n-- Antara<\/p>",
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