Office conducts AIDS survey

The National National

A SURVEY has revealed that Papua New Guineans do not understand the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
The national demographic and health survey conducted by the National Statistical Office showed that those between the ages of 15 and 49 did not know that a mosquito bite could not transmit HIV/AIDS.
Acting national statistician John Igitoi said people needed basic services to improve their thinking.
“People need improved basic health and education services to prosper,” he said.
“The Government has focused on these sectors (in its plans).”
Igitoi said the report had some measured statistics and points which the Government should allocate funds and resources for.
The report showed that despite so much awareness on HIV/AIDS, people still did not fully understand how it was transmitted.
It also revealed that people in rural areas lacked prevention methods.
The survey was conducted from 2016 to 2018, with more than 17,000 households interviewed.

2 comments

  • The message has always been that the commonest route of HIV transmission is sexual. Next is contact with blood.
    The common person on the street or the bush knows that HIV is transmitted through sexual contact. They may not know that contact with blood without sexual contact could transmit HIV. I cannot imagine the common person considering a mosquito bite transmitting HIV.
    I have real doubts about the quality of this research.
    Some much many has been wasted on HIV awareness. People are just ignorant.

  • I strongly support you. Basic services is needed to address issues like AIDS/HIV and Covid -19. Most people make fun of seriouse issues because they lack knowledge, they’re capicity of understanding thing is very little. Our level of understanding things is very poor, we need knowledge to support our understanding. Therefore basic services is needed most.

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