HIV and AIDS awareness
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HIV and AIDS awareness
Papua has 1% of Indonesia’s total population, yet 15% of the country’s AIDs cases. It is estimated that over 1% of adults in the region are now HIV positive
Amongst sex workers in major population centres, the incidence of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) rises to 15-25%. In addition, there are high rates of partner change and low rates of regular condom use, increasing the risks and driving progression of the epidemic through the region. Access to health promotion, reproductive health services and HIV testing and treatment is poor throughout Papua, and consequently, people in Bintuni Bay have little or no knowledge of the risk factors associated with HIV.
The Tangguh Community Health Unit (TCHU) HIV Program
TCHU is working in collaboration with a number of organizations, including the Family Health International Aksi Stop AIDS program and the Indonesian HIV Prevention and Care program run by AusAID. It also has close links with regency and provincial health departments, regional AIDS prevention committees and local NGOs. The Unit employs a full-time HIV Program Coordinator, based at the BP Tangguh Babo Camp in Papua.| Program | Summary |
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| Village level | HIV awareness and prevention programme for all Tangguh Project employees
Implementation of the BP global HIV policy, including: voluntary counseling and HIV testing; abolition of pre-employment HIV screening by contractors; training for health staff to manage HIV and; distribution of educational materials, relevant information and condoms; positive action to de-stigmatize HIV and reduce associated discrimination |
| Regency level | HIV awareness and prevention programs in local villages and government institutions
Capacity-building and training for government health staff Support for the formation of an AIDS prevention committee |
| Provincial level | Expansion of the response to HIV in the Bird’s Head region though partnerships and collaborative ventures
Inter-sector capacity building, including workshops and strategic planning for regency-level AIDS prevention committees during 2004 Direct support for NGOs working with high risk groups, including sex workers and young people in Manokwari City, with plans to target other regional centres in the near future Strategies for improved surveillance of HIV cases in the general population |
Recognition and compliance
The TCHU HIV prevention program has been recognized by the World Economic Forum Global Health Initiative as a ‘best practice’ program for business. The workplace program is planned and managed in compliance with the International Labour Organization Code of Conduct on HIV prevention.
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Photography: HIV awareness training for security recruits at Tangguh. Aims are to keep employees safe and decrease stigmatization
Photography: HIV awareness training for security recruits at Tangguh. Aims are to keep employees safe and decrease stigmatization
Health awareness
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