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HIV/AIDS activists hand out roses and leaflets to passing motorists on Dec. 01, 2025, in Tulungagung, East Java. The sympathy campaign, held to mark World AIDS Day, aimed to raise public awareness of the dangers of HIV/AIDS and encourage high-risk groups to get early testing. (Antara/Destyan Sujarwoko)
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s Indonesia commemorated World AIDS Day, some regions in the country recorded thousands of HIV cases, prompting renewed calls for stronger HIV education in schools and families.
Jakarta, home to around 12 million people, recorded an estimated 70,000 to 80,000 people who are currently living with HIV, according to the Association of Regional Health Agencies (Adinkes), which cited the Health Ministry's data this year.
Adinkes member Halik Sidik Djibran noted that around 38,000 people have received antiretroviral treatment (ARV) to prevent them from developing AIDS, which he deemed “a very good achievement”.
However, around 20,000 of all the estimated people with HIV in the capital remain undetected, which Halik described as “a gap” that needed to be fixed.
“It is important for these high-risk people to get tested, to know their status so the government can provide services to them,” Halik said during a World AIDS Day event in Jakarta on Wednesday, as quoted by Antara.
West Java’s provincial capital Bandung has reported over 10,000 people with HIV to date, with 6,700 of them receiving ARV therapy. The city continues to detect 500 to 700 new cases annually, Tribunnews.com reported.
Jayapura regency in Papua saw a high number of fatalities among those with HIV, recording 740 deaths from the 3,371 recorded HIV cases.
