200 people died from HIV/AIDS-related illness in Jayapura
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 01/21/2011
Up to 200 people people living with HIV/AIDS in Jayapura, Papua, died in 2010, an increase from the 180 deaths from AIDS related illness in 2009.
"Most of the victims died because they only found out they had the disease too late, and only started receiving treatment in the fourth stage of the disease,” National AIDS Commission secretary Purnomo said as quoted by kompas.com in Sentani, Jayapura regency, on Friday.
Purnomo added that people living with HIV/AIDS still faced stigmatization, and because of this often waited until it was too late to seek treatment.
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