HIV and Sex Work in Indonesia
Although the prevalence of HIV in the general population is low (0.2%) and is mainly concentrated among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Jakarta, West Java and Bali, the epidemic has now spread to other key populations at higher risk such as non‐injecting partners of IDUs, sex workers and their clients [1]. The number of reported cases attributable to sexual transmission increased from 17.6% in 1987‐1990 to over half of the reported cases in 2009 [3],[4]. The estimated proportion of new HIV infections attributed to sexual transmission is projected to reach 58% by 2014 [5] and 42‐43% of new HIV infection