Drug abuse is an increasing problem throughout Indonesia. A recent community survey, although limited, indicates that 0,5% of entire Indonesia population are currently addicts. This equates to some 1 million people, with approximately 50.000 of those being in Jakarta alone. It is estimated that there are approximately 150.000 injecting drug users (IDU's) throughout Indonesia. Similarly, the government of Indonesia believe that there are between 90.000 to 130.000 people who are HIV positive, of whom about 42.000 are IDU's. The Indonesia Australia Specialised Training Project (IASTP) has been providing training on drug information and surveillance for several years. In 2008 the direction for this training moved to a focus on drug intervetions. IASTP III has been training two groups simultaneously, one consisting predominantly of medical prefosseionals, and the other predominantly of counselors and other psychosocial professionals. The firts group of courses occured in Denpasar and Manado in June 2008 and the second group in Batam and Medan September 2008.
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