Pustaka Ilmiah Universitas Padjadjaran

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Profile Of Injection Drug Users (IDUs) In Bandung, West Java, Indonesia

Indonesia has the fastest growing HIV-epidemic in Asia. Except for Papua, the main route of transmission is injecting drug use (IDU). Much is done to overcome this problem but there are still a lot of limitations. For example, only less than 10% of IDUs access needle exchange and methadone program in Bandung. Many IDUs only come to health care center after they get AIDS. To develop a better prevention program, the information about the problems, context, and behavior responsible for HIV transmission are needed.

We conducted a survey among 210 IDUs in Bandung between June and September 2008, using respondent-driven sampling, focusing on drug use, risk behavior and knowledge about HIV. These are the first descriptive results.