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11th INTERNA T IONAL CONGRESS ON AIDS IN ASIA AND THE PA C IFIC INDONESIAN POLICE AND NARCOTICS BOARD RESPONSE TO HIV AND DRUG USE. Brigjen Budyo Prasetyo - Natonal Narcotics Control Board Lt Col Lastri Rinyanti - Indonesian National Police. BACKGROUND. BNN RESEARCH FINDINGS
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11th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON AIDS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFICINDONESIAN POLICE AND NARCOTICS BOARD RESPONSE TO HIV AND DRUG USE Brigjen BudyoPrasetyo - Natonal Narcotics Control Board Lt Col LastriRinyanti - Indonesian National Police
BACKGROUND BNN RESEARCH FINDINGS General population surveys: 2004: Prevalence of Illicit Drug Use is 1.75% (2.8 Million people) • 79% Men & 21% Women • 61% Regular Users • 31% Drug dependent
2008: Estimated of 1.9% of population aged 10 - 59 yrs (3,362,572) are drug users: • 26% have tried drugs (872,929 people), • 27% regularly use (894,490 people) • 7% have injected drugs (236,172 people) • 2011 : Prevalence of illicit drug use increased in 2011 to 2.2%
HIV prevalence among female injecting drug users was 57% while for men is 52% of injecting drug users, Integrated Biological and Behavioral Survey, 2009 • Overall prevalence fell to 41% overall in 2011 • HIV prevalence continued to increase in Jakarta
National Police HIV activities • Capacity building for officers in Java, Bali and North Sumatra • Training in HIV and harm reduction approaches • Involved 3 directorates to develop network within police command to implement an effective response to policing narcotics • Narcotics directorate • Detention and confiscated goods directorate • Medical and health directorate
Police response to HIV • Need to respond to huge volume of narcotics arrests with HIV management implications • HIV and drug use are not a matter only for arrests but also for police personnel • New Regulations developed on: • Narcotics arrests • HIV • Regulations already endorsed in East Java and in process of being approved nationally
Medical response to HIV and drug dependency • Police medical staff trained to assess and diagnose addiction • To facilitate referral to treatment • An alternative to incarceration • Courts and prisons currently overwhelmed with narcotics cases • Police hospitals certified by MoH to be rehabilitation providers for these cases
National narcotics board strategies to improve access to drug treatment • Developed rehabilitation facilities run by both government and CBOs • increased human resources • Established new rehabilitation centres in two regions in 2013 New centres are planned for: Tanah Merah - East Kalimantan Nongsa - Riau archipelago
National Narcotics Board encourages drug law reform and supports decriminalization of drug use & abolition of imprisonment of drug users. • BNN is building a collaborative approach with health ministry and related organizations to improve access to treatment including the handling HIV cases.
Increase productivity of former drug users through partnerships with business community • Increased training and apprenticeships as well as creating suitable positions for post-rehabilitation program
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