HIV and AIDS infection is spreading in PNG
Article from: The Australian <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/>
*JOHNNY is raising three young sons in the settlement of Wanigela, a Port Moresby shantytown. His wife, Vavien, died from AIDS in 2007. She didn’t want to go to hospital and faded away in a grimy shack on Koki Bay.*
Johnny and Vavien had continued having unprotected sex, despite knowing [...]
Broken equipment halts Papua AIDS program
Nethy Dharma Somba , The Jakarta Post
A program in Papua to prevent HIV-positive pregnant women from passing the virus to their babies has been halted because a device necessary for the treatment is broken.
While the program was running at the general hospital in Jayapura, doctors were able to prevent four women with HIV/AIDS from [...]