I. Praptoraharjo1, A. Gabriella2, S. Lenggogeni2, O. Kamil2, N. E Sitorus2, G. Simanulang2.

Abstract: ICAAP2502-01025

Background: Nationally HIV epidemic in Indonesia is still concentrated on vulnerable Populations. However, the negative impacts of AIDS for infected people and their families have the potential to become catastrophic because the infected people are mostly economically productive and disproportionately experienced by poor families. The main impacts of this situation is the decrease of productivity and inability to earn income that impoverishes the PLHIV families further. This study aims to map the array of social protection schemes in Indonesia, to identify different types of services that have been used by PLHIV and to assess the possibility of having a social protection policy that integrates the needs of PLHIV.

Methods: This research was carried out in four cities (Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Semarang and Pontianak). Data collection was performed in two ways. First, by collecting secondary data related to policies, procedures and previous research about social protection in Indonesia. Second, by collecting primary data through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions in each city. Data analysis was done through data triangulation to obtain a deeper insight about a certain topic.

Results: The existing social protection schemes in Indonesia are not directly addressed to anticipate the impacts of HIV and AIDS caused, rather more focused on their poverty status. Existing social protection is to provide only for HIV or AIDS treatment. There are no preventive or promotional or transformative social protections. The state is yet to fulfill the complete rights of PLHIV in Indonesia to obtain social protection from the impact of AIDS. Stigma against AIDS and PLHIV is still quite dominant in the implementation of existing social protection.

Conclusions: Efforts to develop social protection which is sensitive to HIV in Indonesia is challenging considering the implementation of social protection still very limited and only focused on the protection against the risk of worsen economy caused by the treatment of HIV and AIDS. Effort should be focused on the integration of social protection policy into existing AIDS programs and also the inclusion of HIV and AIDS issues in the improvement of the National Social Security System.

1AIDS Research Center, DKI JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
2AIDS Research Center, Jakarta, INDONESIA.

Resource: ICAAP11