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Associated Press - November 30, 2005
HIV has infected an estimated 150,000 to 250,000 people in the country and is spreading quickly among injecting drug users, as well as sex workers and their clients, said UNAIDS chief Peter Piot.
But he noted the level of infections was still low given Indonesia's population of 220 million, and said the virus' spread could be stopped with stepped-up prevention programs.
But so far, Piot said, the "overall response is certainly inadequate."
"Action on the ground is not as it should be," he said at a press conference, citing insufficient funds on the national side and lack of coordination among government agencies and donors.
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