DEATH TO HIV DROPPING IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

The National 12 December 2019

Report in the media by Minister for Health and HIV/AIDS Jelta Wong advised that the number of deaths to HIV infection is dropping in PNG.

There may be several causes with people going for HIV testing and starting ART medication early without default. The report advises that there is now a second and third line of treatment that are expensive. Best not to default on the first line.

We hope that AIDS Holistics has played a part with our never-ending promotion of Positive Living. Even the National AIDS Council has run out of funds. Our website here has attracted 106,000 hits from PNG in 8 years. So we are pleased that a life-saving message has been going out for several years to many people.

But most important is our ongoing warning of the dangers to HIV sufferers of cigarettes and alcohol that continue to weaken the immune system and lead to death regardless of ART medication. Remember Peter Momo. Please click:

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Alcohol More Harmful for People With HIV - WebMD

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