Red fruit that grows

Red fruit that grows in many mountain areas of Papua have not been proven in clinical medicine as a healing HIV / AIDS.

"From the results of the research conducted by the Department of Bio Chemistry UI (Universitas Indonesia), components that are used as anti-HIV in the red fruit that does not give a response in the animal experiment," said Chairman of the Pharmacy Program at the Medical Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia (UI) Dr dr Ernie H Purwaningsih MS in Jakarta.

In that research, the Bio-chem UI using mice as experimental animals. However, he said, need further research using animal experiments to determine whether another red fruit really not as medicinal healer HIV / AIDS.

According to Ernie, claim red fruit as medicine healer HIV / AIDS as a disugestikan by some people of Papua is not acceptable simply because it must be inspected and tested for their accuracy through a clinical test for a couple of times.

Cases of HIV / AIDS at this time become a very crucial problem in Papua penularannya remember so quickly to penetrate a number above 5000 people. Most people contracting HIV / AIDS in Papua is different from the local tribes in Papua.

Ironically, the number of local residents on the island in the eastern archipelago is currently estimated that only 2.5 to three million.

For the growth of cases of HIV / AIDS in Papua, Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu SH set 2009 as the "year of war" against HIV / AIDS.

Areas with population-level HIV / AIDS in Papua highest at this time Mimika District is the number of patients with HIV / AIDS as of 31 December 2008 as many as 1700 people