Students next for AIDS test

Students next for AIDS test

JEMBER, East Java: Local health authorities are taking their
anti-AIDS campaign to university students next, having already
conducted blood tests on high-risk groups such as prostitutes.

The head of the Jember Health Office, Nur Achmat, said blood
tests are being conducted to check for the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) which causes the fatal AIDS, Antara reported.

Nobody tested HIV positive in the campaign's first phase on
400 people in high risk groups, he said.

The test however discovered that 15 of them have gonorrhea and
11 have syphilis.

Students are next in line for the tests largely because of the
increasing promiscuity among the younger generation. (emb)