Integrated Biological-Behavioral Surveillance among Most-at-Risk Groups in Indonesia 2007: Injecting Drug Users (Fact Sheet)

Injecting drug users (IDU) are particularly vulnerable to the transmission of HIV because sharing contaminated drug injecting equipment transmits the HIV virus more efficiently than any other mode of transmission. Since initial data indicating 19% prevalence among IDU in 1999, HIV prevalence has been consistently rising in this population sub-group and represents the highest prevalence of HIV among identifiable population sub-groups in Indonesia. This summary presents key findings of the IBBS 2007 from two (2) cities from which only behavioral survey data were gathered (Semarang and Malang) and four (4) cities from which both biological and behavioral data were gathered (Medan, Jakarta, Bandung, and Surabaya).