education of HIV / AIDS as part of the school curriculum

Commission of HIV / AIDS recommend to the head area to include education of HIV / AIDS as part of the school curriculum. These recommendations as a follow-up from the target to the Congress on AIDS-9 Asia-Pacific, which target HIV / AIDS among the youth.

Secretary of the National AIDS Commission Nafsiah Mboi in her statement in Nusa Dua, on Thursday (13 / recognizes the vulnerability among young people to be infected with HIV / AIDS. For 50 percent of users syringe in the average age of 15-24 years. So also with 40 percent of sex workers aged adolescents.

According Nafsiah, the head of the regions and schools have an important role in HIV / AIDS adolescents. "school has also started, entered the curriculum so that our children start from the beginning," he said.

Nafsiah Mboi add if in 2 years there is no effort on the number of cases of HIV / AIDS in Indonesia could reach 2 million cases. While the institutions of the world based on the data field of AIDS (UNAIDS) the number of cases of HIV / AIDS in Indonesia at this time has reach 270,000 cases.