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Country Profiles

Programs

The ASA program

FHI has built upon our long-term relationship with the government of Indonesia and nongovernmental organizations to provide HIV/AIDS prevention and care. With support from USAID/Indonesia until 2005, the Aksi Stop AIDS (ASA) project focuses on improving the quality and efficiency of HIV/STI prevention.

Working with the government and key international and local partners, ASA aims to:

  • Promote safer sexual behavior and reduce the harm of drug injection
  • Strengthen and improve access to HIV and STI care and treatment
  • Support strong, comprehensive systems to track behavior and the spread of HIV
  • Strengthen the capacity of local governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to plan, finance, manage, and coordinate community-level HIV/STI responses
  • Encourage private companies to be actively involved in HIV prevention 

ASA Program Highlights

Healthy Ports and Highways works in major transportation hubs to promote 100 percent condom use among sex workers and their clients, improve clinical services for STIs, and disseminate clear, accurate information through workplace-based education.

Harm reduction programs reduce the risks of HIV transmission among injection drug users through activities led by current and former users.
 
HIV and risk information systems are producing more comprehensive, accurate data on HIV and the behaviors that spread it, providing local policymakers with the information they need to make appropriate decisions about what is needed.

Advocacy at the local, regional, and national government levels ensures that HIV/AIDS prevention is kept high on the agenda.
 
Mass media campaigns target clients of sex workers, promoting awareness of how HIV is spread and how to prevent it.

Care and support programs aim to enhance the quality of care and treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS, and support their efforts to be more involved in HIV/AIDS prevention, decision making, and reducing discrimination.
 
Private sector leveraging encourages businesses to be involved in HIV/AIDS prevention and support services for workers and communities and providing financial and in-kind assistance to Indonesia's growing AIDS movement.

Where FHI Indonesia Works 

The ASA project is supporting interventions in 10 provinces where HIV/AIDS already is well established or there are particular populations who are isolated and at high risk:  North Sumatra, Riau, South Sumatra, Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, East Java, North Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua.  The program in these provinces focuses on reaching communities in urban areas, port cities, and mining or industrial zones where high risk behavior is more prevalent.