Jakarta, June 20 -- The Health Ministry has identified at least 356,000, or 63 percent, of the estimated 564,000 people living with HIV in Indonesia as of March this year.

It aims to detect more cases as part of efforts to end the HIV epidemic.

During an online media briefing, the ministry's director for communicable diseases, Ina Agustina Isturini, said that of the 356 thousand patients identified so far, 239 thousand or 67 percent are taking medication.

Meanwhile, at least 132 thousand, or 55 percent, patients have achieved virus suppression.

Isturini said that finding the remaining patients will be challenging, since, oftentimes, some patients disappear during the process of surveillance. This makes the 95-95-95 target for ending t...