Who have sex with men (MSM), including male sex workers and gays transvestitesĪnd their clients and sexual partners of people in these groups.īased on HIV sentinel surveillance results and a number of studies on these vulnerable groups, it is estimated that about 90,000 to 130,000 people had been infected HIV infection are IDUs female sex workers male clients of female sex workers men Some of the groups identified as being vulnerable to
People in Indonesia who were at risk of being infected with HIV (Ministry of Health of It was estimated that as of 2002 there were approximately 12 million to 19 million INFECTION AND NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH HIV IN INDONESIA HIV prevention activities to slow the rapid spread of HIV infection throughout theĮSTIMATION OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE VULNERABLE TO HIV In this article, we present the trends of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Indonesia and From the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Estimates of groups vulnerable to HIV transmission up until 2002. Percetakan Negara 29, Jakarta 10560, Indonesia e-mail: 1. Pandu Riono, Family Health International, Ditjen PPM & PL DepKes RI Jl. Janzant is subdirectorate of AIDS and STDs and directorate of Communicable Disease Control and Environmental Health, Ministry of Health, Republic of Indonesia.Īddress correspondence to Dr. Pandu Riono is with The Action for Stop AIDS Programme, Family Health International-Indonesia. HIV epidemic by intensifying HIV prevention efforts in Indonesia, through reducingīoth the sharing of contaminated needles among IDUs and sexual risk behaviors. There is a need to stop the further spread of the The strengthened and intensified HIV sentinel surveillance system in Indonesia,Īs well as information from related studies, provide a better picture of the progress of Indonesia, & Ministry of Health, 2002a, 2002b Central Bureau of Statistics & To other groups through sexual intercourse (Center for Health Research, University of The highest increases have occurred among IDUs during the last 5 years. Groups and whether the infection is spread to their sexual partners. The further spread of the epidemic depends on behavioral risk channels between different risk It is important to realize that in this epidemic the overlapping behavioral risks allow HIV to spread from one person to another within different risk groups. Not yet reached 1% in pregnant women who visit antenatal care services. The prevalence of HIV in a number of risk sentinel groups (female and transvestite sex workers, injection drug users ), and prisoners) has exceeded 5% but has The HIV epidemic in some areas in Indonesia has already reached the “concentrated”
High-risk groups, if a more serious epidemic is to be averted. Intensive effective intervention strategies-condom useĪnd clean needle use promotions-need to be implemented, especially in the World Health Organization-defined “concentrated stage,” all the ingredients for Thus, although the epidemic in Indonesia is currently in the Suggest that an increasing proportion of adolescents use drugs and have had sexual intercourse. Groups, and there is considerable sexual mixing between risk groups. Workers, and 4% among other male sex workers. Had risen to 8-17% among female sex workers, 22% among transvestite sex To approximately 45-48%, according to surveys in 2001. Since then, the prevalenceĪmong injection drug users in rehabilitation centers in Jakarta has risen rapidly Until 1999 the known prevalence of HIV in Indonesia was low, except for isolated geographic groups exposed to Thai fisherman. AIDS Education and Prevention, 16, Supplement A, 78–90, 2004
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