UNAIDS director to visit RI

UNAIDS director to visit RI

JAKARTA: Peter Piot, the executive director of the Joint
United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, or UNAIDS, is scheduled to
visit Indonesia to help mark World's AIDS Day on Dec. 1.

On his second visit to the country, Poit is slated to meet
with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and several Cabinet
members, as well as public figures and people living with AIDS.

Poit is also expected to travel to Bandung and Karawang, both
in West Java, to review efforts to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS.

West Java is one of six provinces in Indonesia with the
highest rate of AIDS. He will be in the country from Nov. 28 to
Dec. 1. --JP