the first case of hiv/aids in indonesia was found in bali in 1987. in the same year, the united nations general assembly agreed on the urgency of a global strategy to combat aids. the indonesian government then created a special committee for the management of aids and conducted an assessment of hiv positive population through several decrees in 1988 and 1989. kpan was first formed by presidential order 36/1994 as the aids management commission ("komisi penanggulangan aids", kpa). in 2006, kpa was reformed into the national aids commission of indonesia by presidential order 75/2006 with the formation of its regional commissions.