National AIDS and WHO’s global and regional strategies

Strategy and target
WHO Strategy

WHO Indonesia works closely with Ministry of Health and National AIDS Commission. The HIV/STI unit provides technical support to partners in order to achieve two main strategic objectives, which are in line with the National AIDS strategy and WHO’s global and regional strategies.

1.       To expand gender-sensitive delivery of prevention, treatment and care interventions for HIV/AIDS including integrated training and quality assured service delivery; strengthened laboratory capacities and better linkages with other health services,
The latter pertains in particular to integrating and/or link9ing HIV prevention and care with services such as those for reproductive health, maternal, newborn and child health, sexually transmitted infections, nutrition, drug-dependence treatment services, respiratory care, neglected diseases and environmental health.

2.       To strengthening national systems for surveillance, evaluation and monitoring strengthened and expanded to keep track of progress towards targets and allocation of resources for HIV/AIDS/STI control and to determine the impact of control efforts and the evolution of drug resistance.

 National AIDS Commission (NAC)

In July 2006 the National AIDS Commission (NAC) was reorganized through the Presidential Regulation No. 75/2006.   The Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare is the Chair of NAC with the Minister of Health and the Minister of Home Affairs as Vice Chairs. The membership was enlarged to 23, including 18 ministries & agencies, and 5 non-governmental organizations. A full-time Secretary/member of NAC (Dr Nafsiah Mboi) was appointed by the President. The NAC Secretariat consists of: 1) a full-time professional staff undertaking daily activities, 2) an Executive Team of officials from related ministries and agencies that facilitates the implementation of NAC’s duties, and 3) Working Groups and/or Expert Panels may be established according to need.
The National AIDS Commission coordinates the multicultural national response to HIV/AIDS. A national strategic plan has been developed for 2007-10 and a coasted action plan is available .  [National AIDS Strategy]

In 2007 NAC established a national resource center  in its premises at Jl Thamrin in Jakarta [link: National AIDS Commission Secretariat, Surya Building 9th floor, Jl. MH Thamrin, Jakarta Pusat, Phone  +62 21 390 1758]. Further information can be found at    www.aidsindonesia.or.id 

Indonesia (represented by the Minister of Health) signed the Declaration of Commitment of the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS in June 2001.
Sub-directorate of AIDS and STI in the Ministry of Health

In the MoH, the technical unit for HIV/STI control is the sub-directorate of AIDS and STI under the Directorate of Direct Communicable Disease Control & Environmental Health (CDC & EH). In the same directorate  the sub-directorate of TB is located. Other main Directorates involved in the HIV/AIDS health sector response are:

·          Directorate of Medical Care : ART referral (HIV care, methadone, )
·          Directorate of Basic Medical Care (blood safety, integration of HIV care in primary health care)
·          Directorate of Community Health (integration HIV care in primary health care)
·          Directorate of Family health/children unit (PMTCT)
·          Directorate of Mental Health (drug use, needle exchange, methadone.)
·          Directorate of Health Laboratory (diagnosis of HIV, OI, CD4, all laboratory support, quality    assurance)
·          Directorate of Rational Use of Drugs, and Directorate Medicine and Supplies (all drugs: ARV, STI drugs, OI drugs, methadone, essential drug list)
·          Directorate of Epidemiological Surveillance (general surveillance)