Tha Jakarta Post, Thu, 12/11/2008 10:36 AM
TANGERANG: As part of efforts to reduce the spread of HIV caused by injecting drug use, the Tangerang Health Agency will establish three drug rehabilitation clinics early next year.
The clinics called Klinik Program Terapi Rumatan Metadon (KPTRM) will be established at Ciputat and Lippo Karawaci community health centers, and Tangerang General Hospital.
"The three locations can be easily reached," said Yuli Sunar Dewanti, head of communicable diseases prevention at the agency, Wednesday.
"KPTRM can reduce the spread HIV because 90 percent of HIV cases in Tangerang were infected through sharing needles," she said. The clinics will provide addicts with methadone, a drug commonly used to treat heroin addiction.
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