To indentify whether truck drivers could pontentially be a HIV carrier, a study was done during July-August 1995 in Denpasar. This was a qualitative study which facus group discusion and indepth interview to truck drivers in two loading facilities. The study found that on the average a truck drivers conducted trips a mount with one trip took about 3-5 days. Usually they stop in several places t…
A case of HIV infected Indonesian baby girl born from an HIV positive mother is reported. This is the first HIV infected child reported in Indonesia. The diagnosis was based on the positive DNA HIV and HIV culture in the baby's blood taken at 3 days old. At this time the baby is still asymptomatic. Despite this we gave her prophylactic treatment against pneumocystis Carinii infection to prevent…