Indonesia Has the Highest Number of HIV Cases in Southeast Asia

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Adi Ahdiat 22/09/2022 15:10 WIB

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According to UNAIDS estimates, Indonesia had the highest number of people living with HIV in Southeast Asia in 2021.

Estimated Number of People with HIV in Southeast Asian Countries (2021)

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Estimated Number of People with HIV in Southeast Asian Countries (2021)

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The Global Fund, an international financial institution, has disbursed US$1.45 billion, or approximately Rp20.89 trillion, to assist Indonesia in combating HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

"Efforts to achieve the targets for controlling HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria must continue in Indonesia until 2024," said Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin, as reported by *Katadata.co.id* on Thursday (September 22, 2022).

According to estimates from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Indonesia has the highest number of people living with HIV in Southeast Asia, approximately 540,000 in 2021.

The next Southeast Asian countries with the highest number of HIV cases are Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam, as shown in the graph.

"The number of new HIV infections in Indonesia decreased by 3.6% in 2021, but Indonesia remains one of the countries with the highest number of new HIV infections in the Asia and Pacific region," UNAIDS explained in its press release on Thursday (September 1, 2022).

"With less than a decade to achieve the target of ending AIDS by 2030, we must prioritize efforts to enhance combination prevention programs, such as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis," UNAIDS continued.

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is a method to protect oneself from HIV transmission by taking specific medication daily.

This PrEP method is recommended for people at high risk of HIV, such as sex workers, men who have sex with men, people with HIV-positive partners, and heterosexual couples with HIV who wish to have children.

According to UNAIDS, this PrEP method has been trialled in Indonesia since 2021 to prevent new HIV infections.

"This (PrEP trial) began in 12 regencies/cities before expanding to 21 regencies/cities in 2022, targeting 7,000 people," UNAIDS explained.

Based on data from the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes), there were 36,902 new HIV-positive cases in Indonesia in 2021. This number is down from the previous year's 41,987 cases.

Editor : Adi Ahdiat

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