Aug 6
#staysafe: hiv/aids is here --- do something!
In just two years, the number of people in Indonesia living with HIV/AIDS jumped a whopping 50% --- that's according to National AIDS/HIV Commission secretary, Nasfiah Mboi.
The Commission estimates that there are around 270,000 people living with HIV/AIDS --- that's more than 1% of the population! In Papua, it is thought to be as high as 2%.
That's a really alarming infection rate, particularly because my guess is that the infection rate will continue to rise at the same rate if something does not happen now. In other words, by next year, there will likely be 400,000 Indonesians living with HIV/AIDS. That's the entire population of Wellington.
Corection: My maths sucks. 270,000 people is about one-tenth of a percent.
