FHI Focus on Indonesia

Indonesia, a geographically diverse country, has a relatively low HIV prevalence. However, cumulating epidemiologic evidence shows epidemics are emerging among some high-risk groups, particularly including sex workers in its eastern Irian Jaya Province and intravenous drug users (IDUs) in Jakarta. Three years of political upheaval and economic crisis have challenged development and health programs and threatened the integrity of this culturally and geographically diverse country