International donors are expected to "drastically" reduce their contributions to HIV/AIDS programs in Indonesia in part because donors now consider the country to be a middle-income nation, Indonesian Welfare Minister Aburizal Barkie said Wednesday, Reuters reports. Foreign aid currently accounts for 70% of the funds for HIV/AIDS services in the country.
According to Barkie, donors such as the U.S., the United Kingdom and Australia will reduce their contributions this year. The country will need an additional one trillion rupiah, or about $109 million, to fund its HIV/AIDS programs, he said (Pathoni, Reuters, 3/12). The government is looking to provincial governments and other sources, including nongovernmental organizations, to address the shortfall (Agence France-Presse, 3/12).
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