Bali sees rise in HIV/AIDS cases

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