HIV/AIDS in Indonesia on the rise

HIV/AIDS in Indonesia on the rise

1987: First case in the country reported on the resort island of Bali, involving a Dutch tourist.

1994: The government sets up a special National Committee on AIDS to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS related cases.

1999: According to Ministry of Health data, 526 young people below 30 have HIV/AIDS.

2000: The number of young people with HIV/AIDS increases to 709.

2001: The number of young people with HIV/AIDS increases to 1,859.

June 2002: The number of people with HIV/AIDS stood at 2,950, 52 percent of whom were young people aged 20-29 years old. WHO and the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) state that drug injection is now a major route of infection in Indonesia and affects 43,000 people out of between 124,000 and 196,000 IDUs. An estimated 9,000 women have been infected sexually by IDUs.