Indonesia has had to pause many programmes due to the U.S. funding freeze. All community led activities funded through USAID have been paused and prevention and linkages to treatment for around 30% of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Jakarta have been affected. In addition, the expansion of PrEP programmes and a test pilot of long-acting HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) have been halted for now.
The HIV epidemic in Indonesia is mostly concentrated among key populations (MSM, sex workers, people who inject drugs and transgender people) except in Tanah Papua, where the epidemic is generalized. There are nearly 80 000 MSM in Indonesia’s capital.
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