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September 4, 2024
The Integrated HIV and AIDS Control Programme in Belu District and Yogyakarta City, which has been running for over a year out of the planned three-year duration, builds on the previous Integrated Prevention of HIV and [...]
June 6, 2024
Antiretroviral Therapy is one of the Care, Support, and Treatment (CCT) service programs crucial for the health of PLHIV. The quality of life of PLHIV depends on the availability of ARV medicine in health services. However, not all PLHIVs have easy access to PDP services due to the distance from the service. Therefore, [...]
June 6, 2024
Limited resources are often used as an excuse to justify the inefficiency of HIV control programmes. This is different at South Atambua Public Health Centre. The HIV team at this health centre in the Belu district has made [...]
June 6, 2024
Adherence to taking ARV medicine for People Living with HIV (PLHIV) does not only depend on the availability of adequate medical services. Psychosocial support from the closest person is efficient for the sustainability of ARV therapy. Doctor Fajar, one of the [...]
June 6, 2024
The increase in the number of public health centres and hospitals that provide care, support, and medication services in the Belu Regency has facilitated access to health services for PLHIV. However, the challenge in realising quality care, support, and medication services in the border area of Indonesia with Timor Leste is [..]
June 5, 2024
Becoming a prospective mother for the first time must be a precious experience for many women. Getting the news of pregnancy is certainly something to look forward to. Then the excitement of sharing the good news with [...]
June 5, 2024
The concept of a Continuum of Care established by the Ministry of Health in July 2012 aims to strengthen the integrated primary health care system for HIV and AIDS control. This comprehensive service includes [...]
June 5, 2024
When we hear about the Kebaya Yogyakarta Foundation, the first thing that crosses in minds is an organisation that is related to fashion and identic with elegant, polite, and traditional women's clothes. The closest interpretation of the Kebaya Foundation is elegant and polite, which is what the activists and volunteers of the Kebaya Foundation are. At first, Kebaya Foundation was [...]
June 5, 2024
Just like patients with infectious or non-contagious diseases who are medically required to take medication for some period, People Living with HIV (PLHIV) are also required to take ARVs every day. Taking ARVs (also known as status on ARV Treatment/ART) requires [...]