Timika, Papua - The number of HIV/AIDs victims in Mimika, Papua is feared to continue to increase in the coming years, the Yayasan Peduli AIDS Timika (YPAT) said. Father Bert Hagendoorn OFM, the director of the foundation, which helps treat HIV/AIDs victims in the area, said the number of HIV/AIDs cases in Mimika has increased at a high rate . The number of victims is expected to increase with the high mobility of people in Mimika and growing number of new residents in Timika, Father Hagendoorn said . "The number of visitors to Timika and or new residents in the city grew fast and they are not aware of the existence of the disease in Timika," he told ANTARA news agency here on Friday. According to data from the AIDs Control Commission (KPA) of Mimika, in 2012 alone there were 367 new HIV/AIDs cases in the regency of Mimika. The number of HIV/AIDs cases since the first time the disease was found in the regency in 1996, has continued to increase reaching 3,190 kasus by September this year. In the April-September period in 2012 , there were an additional cases of 239 or an average of 39 cases per month. Sexual intercourse accounted for 236 of the new case in Mimika. Father Hagendoorn called for more intensive campaigns to stop the spread of the disease. (*)

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