For the past three years, Brunei Darussalam has recorded an upward trend in HIV cases whereby from January to November 2016, there were already 34 cases recorded while in 2015, there were 28 cases and in 2014 there were 17 cases.
Altogether there have been 172 cases of HIV reported among citizens and permanent residents of Brunei Darussalam since the first case of HIV was detected in 1986.
Brunei Darussalam AIDS Council’s (BDAC) President Iswandy Ahmad, during the prize presentation of a short video competition with the theme ‘R.E.D: Re-educate, Empower, De-stigmatise’ to mark the celebration of World AIDS Day on Sunday, expressed that he was not surprised with the figures after finding out the increase of cases in the local newspaper.
More details in Monday’s Borneo Bulletin.
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