She has a light and cheery. Her eyes catch every object that seeing. People do not think are as if he or Odha People With HIV / AIDS. No doubt he sat beside go Kompas.com. "My name is Hendrik Harlina," she said while shackhands and still keeping the smile of hospitality since the early showing.
According her story, he is infected with AIDS. "I contagious from syringe. Since 1997, I use new drugs in 2002 and stopped," he said quietly while the front hair trim be painted the red.
According to Prof. Dr. Zubairi Djoerban, Sp.PD Service Center of Integrated HIV / AIDS Hospital Cipto Mangunkusumo the Odha Jakarta, such as Hendrik, growing from year to year. Estimation Odha in 2002 amounted to 108,000, in 2006 there are 193,000 in the year while there are 270,000 people in 2008, said the event Zubairi Presentation and Exhibition Hall in Odha Business FKUI Jakarta, Tuesday (24 / 3).
Number, go Zubairi, positioned as India's fifth largest country that has Odha, after Vietnam. Therefore, this issue needs to disikapi seriously. There are several ways to Odha this issue, but the most effective treatment is to do with the arv, said Zubairi. Arv is the Anti-retroviral drugs is the HIV / AIDS.
AIDS and Medicine
As mentioned above, the number of Odha in the year 2008 is 270,000. However, until the end of 2007, as presented Zubairi, a new 17,000 Odha that get arv. Thus, there are approximately 253,000 Odha that treatment has not been left out.
According Zubairi arv treatment with this very useful. Some, for example, as cited Zubairi from various international research, it can be said as follows.
First, Odha with Viral Load (VL or virus) in 1500 the long shot he can transmit HIV. This is also useful for a mother affected by HIV / AIDS that are currently contains. If the mother is consuming arv since the beginning of pregnancy until the birth so the baby will not be contagious, said Zubairi.
Second, with the prevalence of HIV arv pair down from 10.3 percent (1991-1195) to be 1.9 percent (1999-2003; P, 0.0061). In addition, the drinking Odha arv make HIV transmission down to 80 percent.
However, Zubairi assert that the benefits will occur if the Odha regularly drink arv. It is not only a regular but will virus resistant. If you already have done so then the second line of treatment. While medicine is difficult and very limited in Indonesia, the light Zubairi.
If the treatment is done with the discipline Odha with CD4 + 500 cells/mm3 for 6 years, after obtaining arv Odha have the same level of mortality with the general public. That is, with him as arv people in general are not affected by HIV / AIDS, Zubairi firm.
CD4 is a Marker or marker which is located on the surface of blood cells and white men, especially limfosit cells. On people with a good immune system, CD4 values ranged between 1400-1500. While the people with the immune system is disrupted by HIV infection because the CD4 values sem akin old will decrease, even in some cases can be up to zero.
How Old Dead
"Hopefully I can be called old because it is not because of AIDS," said Hendrik smile. It seems this is the sentence which makes it always diligent uprise arv 3 types each day.
"In 24 days I eat two drugs," said Hendrik expressed HIV-positive AIDS in 2006. And will be eat lifetime. He confessed accept this situation even though he had earlier regretted because kelekatannya with HIV drugs make a nest in the body.
Acceptance of this attitude is very necessary because it was ringed and has a child aged 4.5 years. "But Puji God, my wife is negative and so also with my child," said Hendrik joined the Foundation for the Portrait that accompanies the Tegar Odha since the last two years.
Cita-citanya this time it is wanted to raise and educate their children to succeed. "To me it is now struggling to continue to live and work," said Hendrik who claim to work as a sales lakban this.
To maintain health, he has avoided drugs and miras had become a part of himself. It also reduces smoke and wait up. And the most important meal of healthy food and regularly take the medicine, said Hendrik who married in 2004.
Any effort to survive and berelasi with the family, was still difficult to cut through the negative stigma from the community. According to him, and people still risih allergy to close with Odha.
Not only the community, the hospital also still be discriminatory. "As experienced by many of my friend, many nurses who do not want to provide care or intentionally refused hospital Odha wishing Inpatient when there is still room empty," said Hendrik mimic a sad face changed.
Because of the negative stigma that society still dilekatkan make this the Odha hide it in order to protect his family. Indeed, it appears to be very Hendrik and Caroline Thomas. "Until now the neighbors I do not know if I Odha," said Hendrik who live in the Five Bridges.
"I do not accept is not my situation, but I khwatir my child is not accepted in society, and removed the least I expect is he can not because my school," he said. That is also the reason does not want to be take picture by Kompas.com.
It also felt like Caroline Thomas, a member of Positive Women's Association of Indonesia (IPPI), which moves in support of women Odha. Caroline found in the IPPI stand Odha expose the paper does not want his life story is written. "I want to, but I worry with my husband. I fear it will be removed by the community or the sack from work may be because of me," said Caroline who has not been married long.
Both Caroline and Hendrik very sorry for the negative stigma disematkan It is a great community on the Odha. In fact, with the regular treatment of the withdrawal Odha can activities with people in general. Not that people think so easy. "People with a bath and smell is not contagious," said Hendrik.
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