News sources are reporting that lawmakers in Papua, one of Indonesia’s poorest provinces, are considering passing a law that would mandate certain “sexually aggressive” HIV-positive people be implanted with microchips so they can be better monitored. This would allow them to be easily prosecuted if they knowingly infect others, a provincial crime that carries a sentence of up to 6 months or a large fine. Prostitution and drug use are believed to be the major cause of HIV infection in Indonesia. In Papua, tribal rituals that encourage partner swapping, along with lack of education about STDs and condom use, are thought to be particular reasons for the high rate of HIV spread. Those who are against the bill say it’s a breach of human rights and support a focus on HIV/AIDS education instead.
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Tags: aids, drugs, HIV, indonesia, microchip, papua, STD
Dr. Steven Chang, the author of DailyDose, is a staff physician with Kosmix RightHealth. Dr. Chang practices Family Medicine at the University of California Davis Medical Center, where his medical interests include both pediatric and geriatric care, public health, gay and lesbian health, and sleep medicine. Dr. Chang trained at the Stanford University affiliated O'Connor Hospital, and was a research fellow at the National Institute of Health. He holds an M.D. from McGill University and a BA in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.
November 27th, 2008 at 8:41 am
this is a great idea and must be implemented not only in Indonesia but all over the world. this is a way of eliminating the desease in the near future. i am impressed by this. i know of someone before who is +on AIDS. he is gay. he knows already he is HIV/AIDS+ he was dating a lot of different guys and these guys are young and dont know what they are going into. just bec they were fed with money and materials they loved it but they dont know what would be the consequences that will come their way. i wanted to talk to these guys but i thought that if i do, that is minding other peoplse personal bsnesses. and if i do, discourage one, still this HIV+ will still meet others and more will be transferred yet. so the one we can controll is the one who is suffering himself and not the ones who will be acqauiring the desease. i hope all people will realize that this is something we ought to attend to + the GLOBAL WARMING + peoplse suffering through POVERTY.
my pen name: atta
December 3rd, 2008 at 2:04 am
hiv it’s just government population control