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Article: About 4,000 Indonesian migrant women workers infected by HIV/AIDS each year: survey
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- August 5, 2009
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About 4,000 Indonesian migrant women workers infected by HIV/
AIDS each year: survey
JAKARTA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Some 4,000 Indonesian migrant women
workers who returned to Indonesia were infected by HIV/AIDS every
year, according to the result of a survey carried out by health
agency on Wednesday.
"The data was obtained from migrant workers arrival center in
Jakarta international airport. The number could double as migrant
workers who arrived in other arrival centers in the country were not
detected,"Bob Monthouse, the director of Bali Health Foundation
(Yakeba) that carried out the survey was quoted by Antara news
agency as saying.
Besides Jakarta airport, Indonesia also provides ...