HIV AIDS Case Trends According To Case Distribution, Employment And Sexual Orientation In Riau Province In 2018-2022

Abstract

Background: HIV cases in Riau Province were first found by 1 person in 1997 in Dumai City. The findings of HIV cases continue to increase every year and as many as 8,278 cases have been reported by districts / cities until 2022. However, HIV cases have only reached 71.4% of the estimated 11,596 ODHIV in 2020 in Riau Province, according to the Ministry of Health. The government has sought easy access to HIV screening services for the community. But stigma and discrimination in society are one of the causes of low participation of people wanting to know HIV status, in addition to a lack of understanding about the dangers of HIV-AIDS. Method: This type of research is descriptive quantitative, using secondary data from the Riau Provincial Health Office, in the HIV AIDS Information System Report (SIHA) and Individual Data on AIDS Case Surveillance for 2018-2022. Results: The trend of HIV cases in 2018-2022 fluctuates, in 2022 it shows an increase in cases of 835 people, while the trend of AIDS cases in 2019 tends to decrease. The distribution of HIV cases is in all regencies/cities, where 58.8% of them are reported from Pekanbaru City. HIV cases are most common in the age group of 25-49 years (74.2), and in the male sex by 68.4%. The distribution of AIDS cases according to occupation is most employees, self-employed / self-employed, unemployed and housewives. According to sexual orientation in the last five years heterosexual risk factors still dominate, although there is a downward trend from 2018 to 2021 and increasing again in 2022. The gap between heterosexual and homosexual sexual orientation is very small in 2021.