Police, TNI personal infected with AIDS

Police, TNI personal infected with AIDS

JAKARTA: An undisclosed number of police and Indonesian
Military (TNI) personnel are either battling full-blown acquired
immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or have been infected with HIV
that could develop into AIDS, an official from the ministry of
health said on Tuesday.

"I cannot give you the number of officers battling this
disease. Most of those who have got it have taken their tours of
duty abroad, including in Thailand and Cambodia, where the
epidemic is really going strong," Tito Sulastito told reporters
on the sidelines of a health ministry-sponsored program in
Jakarta on Tuesday.

The awareness program was held to educate the TNI and National
Police on prevention against sexually-transmitted diseases,
Detik.com reported.

The best preventive measure one could take against such
diseases was either "abstinence, or using a condom," Tito said.