Bali sees rise in HIV/AIDS cases

DENPASAR, Bali: The Bali Committee on AIDS Control said on Thursday that the number of people infected with HIV/AIDS in the province had increased this month to 233 from 215 last month.

The committee's senior officer, Tuti Parwati, also an internist, predicted that the 18 new cases of people with HIV may change the province's rank in the national list of HIV/AIDS control.

Previously, the province recorded fewer HIV/AIDS cases than Jakarta, Papua, Riau, West Java, and East Java.

Tuti said that the new cases were found among people aged between 20 years and 29 years old. She added that most of the people with HIV in Bali came from various regions in the country and from abroad.

Tuti said that most of people with HIV/AIDS lived in major cities like Denpasar and Badung, with a few of them found in the regencies of Buleleng, Gianyar, Tabanan, Bangli, and Karangasem. --Antara