Indonesia HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Project Phase 2 (IHPCP)

Estimated budget	A$34 million
Starting Date	September 2002
Scheduled completion	September 2007
Counterpart Agency	Office of Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare/Secretariat of National AIDS Commission (KPA)
Main Locations	DKI Jakarta, West Java, Bali, NTT, South Sulawesi and Papua
Australian Managing Contractor	GRM International Pty Ltd
Australian Team Leader	Mr. Tim Mackay
Contact details	E-mail: tmackay@ihpcp.or.id

Project Background

In 1995, when the Phase I project began, little was known about HIV/AIDS or its prevalence in Indonesia. However in 2001 Indonesia’s classification shifted from ‘low prevalence’ to ‘concentrated’ meaning that HIV was present in over 5% of members of vulnerable groups. Each year the number of new cases reported has increased. Recently there has been a great concern about high levels of HIV among injecting drug users (IDUs) and commercial sex workers (CSWs). Provinces of DKI Jakarta, Papua, Riau, West Java, East Java and Bali are areas with highest prevalences.

The Government of Indonesia (GOI) has recognised that Indonesia’s social and economic development efforts could be placed in jeopardy if HIV/AIDS is not controlled. By the end of the Phase I project (GOI)requested the Government of Australia to consider a second phase of its HIV/AIDS program.

A Feasibility Design Study for Phase II in late 2000 confirmed the feasibility of the proposed project and produced a Project Design Document (PDD) in January 2002.

Project Description

The second phase project is consolidating and expanding previous support for policy and strategy formulation, innovative prevention and care initiatives, and fostering government and NGO partnerships. It is being implemented in a three-stage model with a rolling design to give it flexibility to adapt to changing needs in an evolving political, social and epidemiological environment. The project also focuses on the development of province and district specific responses based on situation analyses and lessons from the implementation of the pilot integrated activities. It is operating in six provinces: Bali, East Nusa Tenggara, South Sulawesi, DKI Jakarta, West Java and Papua.

Component 1: Strategic planning, coordination and policy development will assist the GOI at all levels to better plan and manage the response to HIV/AIDS and STIs.

Component 2: Reducing risk of sexual transmission of HIV aims to reduce the risk of HIV infection for the most vulnerable population groups through research and participation of affected groups in the research, program development and implementation.

Component 3: Reducing Risk of HIV infection from injecting drug use (IDU) aims to reduce transmission of HIV and develop new approaches to promote and sustain behaviour changes. These strategies include peer education and outreach services, policy and legal changes, information and referral services, primary health care services, counseling and treatment initiatives.

Component 4: Testing, treatment, care and support aims to facilitate the development of services to provide more effective treatment and care for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). This involves counseling, HIV testing, as well as capacity building of hospital and community clinics and PLWHA groups.

Component 5:Project Management and Coordination describes the administrative, management and coordination system required to achieve effective and efficient implementation of the other components. This involves the Project team, KPA (including line ministries), KPADs, and LSMs.

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