The Australia- Indonesia Partnership for HIV 2008-2015

Estimated budget	Up to A$100 million
Project Period	August 2007 - 2015
Counterpart Agencies and Key Partners	National AIDS Commission (KPA); Ministry of Health (DepKes); Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (DepHukHam); National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas)
Main Locations	West Java, DKI Jakarta, Papua and West Papua Provinces, Prisons and other closed settings

Background

In Indonesia the rate of new HIV infections is on the rise, posing a credible threat to the nation's human and economic development. Given the large population in Indonesia and the growing prevalence of HIV, a comprehensive response can only be led by Indonesia itself. Australia's assistance in combating HIV in Indonesia will be channelled through strong partnerships with relevant Government organisations and will build the agency and capacity of national and sub-national agencies to lead, manage and fund a coherent national response to the HIV epidemic.

In July 2007, Australia approved a new eight year Australia-Indonesia Partnership for HIV aimed at strengthening the national response to HIV in Indonesia. This partnership will build on a decade of Australia working in Indonesia on the fight to curb HIV through the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Project (IHPCP) phase one (AUD 20 million) and phase two (AUD 41 million). The new Australia-Indonesia partnership for HIV will come fully on line when phase two of the IHPCP concludes in 2008.

Description

The Partnership will be closely informed by the Government of Indonesia's National HIV/AIDS Strategy 2007-10, which aims to prevent and limit the spread of HIV, improve the quality of life of people living with HIV, and to alleviate the socio-economic impacts of HIV.

All Australian support to combat HIV in Indonesia will be framed within the Australia-Indonesia Partnership for HIV. Through this mechanism, Australia will also provide support to multi-donor funding mechanisms including, the Indonesia Partnership fund and the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria. The Partnership will comprise:

Support to strengthen the Government of Indonesia response, including; mitigating the contraction of HIV in prisons and through Intravenous Drug use;
Increased Australian support to Papua and West Papua provinces where recent data suggests there is a generalised HIV epidemic;
Integrating HIV initiatives into Australian supported maternal and child health, research and scholarships programs; and
Building regional partnerships, including the Asia Pacific Business Coalition on HIV/AIDs and the Clinton Foundation.

This page was last updated on 3 October 2007