IDU, HIV\/AIDS facts<\/p>\n
- 2002: Following the United Nations Special Session on HIV\/AIDS
\n(UNGASS), the Ministry of Health and the World Health
\nOrganization establish two small-scale methadone treatment
\nprograms in Jakarta and Bali, and set up a needle exchange
\nprogram in Kampung Bali, Jakarta.<\/p>\n
- A Joint United Nations Programme report on HIV\/AIDS (UNAIDS)
\nshows HIV prevalence among IDUs in Indonesia had increased
\nthreefold from 16 percent in 1999 to 48 percent in 2003.<\/p>\n
- Dec. 8, 2003: The KPA signs a landmark memorandum of
\nunderstanding with the BNN establishing political and
\ninstitutional guidelines for a nationwide harm reduction program.<\/p>\n
- 2004: The Ministry Justice and Human Rights issues a decree for
\nthe establishment of an HIV\/AIDS prevention program in the
\ncountry's correctional system, with a pilot project at the
\nKrobokan penitentiary in Bali. The KPA and BNN establishes two
\nofficial needle exchange programs in Jakarta and Bali.<\/p>\n
- Current Ministry of Health data shows that of the estimated
\n124,000 to 196,000 IDUs nationwide, nearly half of them are HIV
\npositive.<\/p>\n
- Jangkar reports that 80 percent of new HIV cases in 2004 were
\nIDUs. -- JP<\/p>",
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