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The Cook Islands Health Ministry has announced the first HIV infection in the country.
The ministry has declined to say how the patient became infected with the HIV virus, which causes AIDS.
The department is now attempting to prevent the spread of the disease with a renewed health education campaign.
The Department's Debi Futter-Puati, says the infection was inevitable.
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"We've known for a long time that our sexually transmitted infection rates are very high and our condom use is very low," she told Radio Australia.
"We knew it was just a matter of time, particularly with the amount of travel that the people in the Cook Islands do, and ofcourse the amount of visitors that come to our shores."
The Cook Islands Health Ministry has announced the first HIV infection in the country.
The ministry has declined to say how the patient became infected with the HIV virus, which causes AIDS.
The department is now attempting to prevent the spread of the disease with a renewed health education campaign.
The Department's Debi Futter-Puati, says the infection was inevitable.
Publish Post
"We've known for a long time that our sexually transmitted infection rates are very high and our condom use is very low," she told Radio Australia.
"We knew it was just a matter of time, particularly with the amount of travel that the people in the Cook Islands do, and ofcourse the amount of visitors that come to our shores."
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