DENPASAR: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) has allocated Rp 10.8 billion (US$1.4 million) to assist several institutions in Bali to fight deadly infectious diseases.
The assistance is part of a Rp 438 billion financial assistance package provided by the international organization to Indonesia from 2011 to 2014.
The GFATM was initiated by former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan and is supported by eight countries.
The fund will be distributed to several local institutions, including the Bali AIDS Commission (KPA), the Bali Health Agency and the Bali branch of the Indonesian Planned Parenthood Association (PKBI).
These institutions will receive Rp 2.84 billion, Rp 5.03 billion and Rp 2.99 billion respectively.
These institutions will use the money to finance disease prevention and mitigation programs in Denpasar and Badung, Buleleng and Bangli regencies.
The memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the fund disbursement was signed in Denpasar on Wednesday by the secretary of the National AIDS Commission (KPA), Nafsiah Mboi, and Bali Vice Governor A.A. Puspayoga.
"The number of HIV/AIDS cases in Bali has increased significantly," Puspayoga said.
"It seems there is something wrong with our method of dealing with this disease. We need to devise new strategies."
March figures show the number of people with HIV/AIDS in Bali reached 2,660 and more than half of that number are aged between 20 and 29 years.
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