39.5 million: 4.3 million; and 2.9 million people. It would be wonderful if these numbers are telling the good news. Unfortunately not. The first digit indicates people living with HIV in the world until 2006. The second digit indicates the new people living with HIV in 2006. Latter number is more sinister story again: people with AIDS who died in 2006.
HIV, the virus that attacks the immune system, cash, enter the ranks of one of the biggest murderer of all time. So no wonder when planted on the calendar date of December One-day anti-HIV / AIDS-, busy-busy people took to the streets, making the seminar to hold a show that essentially calls for an invitation to curb the spread of this deadly virus.
In the Netherlands alone anniversary of anti HIV / AIDS had been lauched since one week before the one in December. Dihentak through performances Dance4Life is then spliced with a variety of special events that address HIV / AIDS. Peak several locations in Amsterdam held demonstration events of concern for people living with HIV / AIDS, as well as efforts to prevent and control the spread of HIV / AIDS. Major cities in Europe also held a similar event. Other actions undertaken in the form of wearing a red ribbon pins care. Bono, U2's famous musicians make calls via the internet. He calls attention to the outbreak of HIV / AIDS especially in Africa. AIDS in the Netherlands in 2006 killing 80 people. This is down dramatically compared to late 90s that killed 444 people.
Indonesia
What about Indonesia? Official data Ministry of Health in 2006 showed 11,604 people suffering from HIV / AIDS. "In the last quarter alone the addition of as many as 655 cases of AIDS and 90 HIV!" Fahmi explained Arizal confirms spike numbers. Activist anti HIV / AIDS on the organization's Family Planning Association of Indonesia is doubt whether the official figures could represent the actual number. "Because many do not report mas!" Fahmi said. If you look at the amount of the capital Jakarta was ranked highest. 33 percent of cases occur in Jakarta. Papua was ranked second, then East Java, West Java, Banten and Bali. "Just judging from the number of cases per population of Papua is very high then!" Fahmi said. "51 percent of the 100 thousand people living with HIV / AIDS!"
The development of special concern to activist anti HIV / AIDS is the increased transmission through needle sharing drug addicts. "Level is now balanced by the transmission through sexual intercourse!" Fahmi firm. So public opinion in Indonesia that HIV / AIDS is a sexually transmitted diseases has collapsed. In the records of the United Nations the largest increase in Asia in terms of HIV transmission occurs through the exchange of syringes drug addicts. This is different from the African highest number of infections occur through sexual intercourse.
Moral versus medical
Changes in transmission patterns in Indonesia encouraged activists of anti HIV / AIDS to think of new ways of prevention. What seems clear moral-religious campaign was not enough. "Those who are at high risk, I think, a medical approach that should be improved!" Fahmi said. But this is not easy. Condom Campaign ATM-condom-vending machines to invite scorn and even violence groups penjujung morals and religion. Likewise, when the action divided sterile needles for drug addicts. It's so fields walks scorn. Maybe he thought, the time anyway, transgression of norms and laws even facilitated.
Father Berti leader of the Association of Catholic churchman in Rome, Italy, deplores the attitudes that do not support efforts to prevent the spread of HIV through medical approaches. "The church should not be rigid principle that this should not be, that this should not be, and should be just this!" he explained. The principle being put forward is the respect for human values. The problem, according to Father Berti hastened to add, we assess the extent to which medical approach is to respect the values of humanity. He gave the example of the use of condoms in the context of the family. Husband and wife within the bonds of legal marriage, if the partner's health by the use of condoms was questioned.
Medical approaches is difficult
However, Father Berti, who also often perform humanitarian campaign, acknowledged that the Vatican as a Catholic institution is universally impossible to support the campaign use of condoms as an effort to combat the spread of HIV. He handed it to the policy of the local churches. "Exigencies of local circumstances make the church speak in prevention campaigns through medical means," he said. Slightly different, Ismail Yusanto from Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia, emphasizing the religious observance as a way of preventing the spread of HIV / AIDS. "Medical approach that is not based on religious principles doomed to fail!" she exclaimed. Ismail therefore agree with the attitude of Catholics who refused to endorse condom use campaign.
Looking at it, it seems, attempts to prevent the spread of HIV / AIDS through medical approach remains to be treading the steep road. Moreover, as stated expectations Arizal Fahmi. He was previously proposed that the moral character and religious leaders, who have millions of people, also voiced campaigned medical approaches. Even so Fahri not discouraged. Causes beyond the differences that exist, all agreed the spread of HIV / AIDS should be prevented. Father Berti, for example, asserted that the leaders of the people must make a healthy living campaign. Similarly, Ismail Yusanto that emphasizes religious observance as an effort to ward off HIV / AIDS. Any patterns to be taken, all still agreed HIV / AIDS should be OUT!
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