HIV testing and counselling services are based on the principles promoted by WHO. The Ministry of Health has standardized the national guidelines for HIV testing and counselling and the training modules.
Indonesia's health system is highly decentralized; provincial and district health services have significant autonomy to determine policies, priorities and financing. However, the major source for the national budget for HIV/AIDS is the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, through which activities in 17 provinces are supported. In 1994, the National AIDS Commission was established as a secretariat to coordinate the multisectoral approach. Provincial AIDS commissions have been established in every province, headed by the vice-governor. Local initiatives for antiretroviral therapy have been launched throughout Indonesia, under the commitment of local authorities and of physicians taking care of people living with HIV/AIDS. The National HIV/AIDS Strategy for 2003–2007 identifies the following programme priorities – HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment and support for people living with HIV/AIDS, surveillance, operational research, multisectoral coordination and a sustainable response.
