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Caring And Living With HIV Infection In Muslim Community Of Bandung, Indonesia
Kusman Ibrahim, Praneed Songwathana, Umaporn Boonyasopun
Universitas Padjadjaran, Manuscript was presented in The 2010 International Nursing Conference "Diversity and Dynamic of Nursing Science and Art", Faculty of Nursing, Prince of Songkla University, 7-9 April 2010, Phuket, Thailand
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Universitas Padjadjaran, Manuscript was presented in The 2010 International Nursing Conference "Diversity and Dynamic of Nursing Science and Art", Faculty of Nursing, Prince of Songkla University, 7-9 April 2010, Phuket, Thailand
HIV/AIDS
The HIV/AIDS is still a major problem and poses continual challenges to many countries, regardless regions and/or cultural beliefs (Fauci, 1999). Indonesia is a developing country which a predominantly Muslim. Indonesia has been facing increasing numbers of PLWH since the first case was identified in 1987. The country is known as having the fastest growing HIV epidemic in Asia (UNAIDS, UNICEF, WHO, & ADB, 2008). The estimated number of PLWH was reported in 2001 as 93,000 and has since increased to 270,000 at the end of 2007 (WHO, UNAIDS, & UNICEF, 2008). Unless prevention programs are effective, it is predicted that the prevalence of HIV would reach 500,000 by the end of 2010 (MoH, 2006) and 1 million by 2015 (AusAID, 2006). HIV/AIDS has been known for more than two decades and recent pharmacological interventions have resulted in a better bodily appearance of people living with HIV infection (PLWH). However, living with HIV/AIDS remains difficult and different from other illness. It is partly due to the stigma and other related problems attached to the illness. In developed countries, HIV related stigma perhaps is not a big problem nowadays because most of HIV/AIDS people are able to access anti-retroviral treatment (ART) and proper health-care services. In contrast, in most low and middle income countries access to the ART and health-care services are still limited and some people still hold the belief about the disease as a result of behavioral misconduct or other traditional beliefs (Kalichman & Simbayi, 2004). HIV related stigma, discrimination, and gender inequalities were also reported as dominant in six Asian countries include India, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam (Reidpath, Brijnath, & Chan, 2005). Stigma as a major barrier in mitigating the impact of HIV epidemic and accessing health care has been massively reported in the previous studies (Holzemer & Uys, 2004; MacQuarrie, Eckhaus, & Nyblade, 2009). Combating HIV related stigma and discrimination is still a major concern in caring for PLWH (Furber, Hodgson, Desclaux, & Mukasa, 2004).