With over 670,000 people infected, Indonesia continues to grapple with an HIV epidemic that disproportionately affects the country’s most vulnerable communities. USAID programs support ongoing Government of Indonesia efforts to encourage more Indonesians to protect themselves against HIV infection and make HIV testing and treatment more widely available.
To achieve epidemic control, countries need to ensure 95 percent of those living with HIV are diagnosed, 95 percent of those diagnosed are on treatment, and 95 percent of those on treatment are virally suppressed. The Indonesian Ministry of Health (MOH) has committed to reach these 95-95-95 targets by 2027, and has set an interim goal of reaching 60 percent treatment coverage by 2024.
PEPFAR-UNAIDS Partnerships for Policy Development, Strategis Information and Community Capacity Development to Accelerate Reach of Indonesia's Treatment Acceleration Plan
Through special initiative funding from the U.S. Government through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), USAID, through UNAIDS, improves treatment for Indonesians living with HIV and helps Indonesia reach its HIV treatment targets. With U.S. and other donor support, UNAIDS works both at the national level and in select priority districts.
This work, which leverages the investments of the Global Fund in Indonesia, is expected to:
- Improve capacity of national stakeholders to use strategic information to improve treatment coverage among PLHIV and ensure routine treatment;
- Support policy development and implementation of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and HIV self-testing (HST)
- Help community program implementers access, implement, and manage grants, especially through social contracting policy for key population (KP) programs to improve service delivery;
- Support joint community-led monitoring and advocacy at the national level to advocate for better access to HIV related services for KP and people living with HIV (PLHIV); and
- Strengthen protection for PLHIV and KP from HIV-related stigma and discrimination.
Tetty Rachmawati, USAID at trachmawati@usaid.gov
Krittayawan Boonto, UNAIDS Country Director at boontok@unaids.org
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