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HIV prevention, Indonesian style: stay away from blondes
AIDS prevention poster in Southeastern Maluku, 2011 I have a collection of daft AIDS posters going back years, but I’m glad to say they are getting harder to find. This one, in Saumlaki, the main town...
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Which is worse: HIV or corruption?
West Papua will lead the fight against corruption, drugs, and HIV/AIDS After another giant geographic leap (roughly the equivalent of London to Tehran) I find myself in Manokwari, West Papua. Tanah...
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What’s wrong with Indonesian penises?
A statue outside a health centre in Enarotali, in Indonesian Papua Reading the newspapers in cities across Papua, I cannot help but notice the full-colour ads for penis extensions. In only half an...
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As part of the Makassar Writers’ Festival, I’ve been asked to give a talk about HIV in Indonesia at the faculty of public health at Hasanuddin University. I’m reluctant. I’ve been wandering Indonesia...
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“The minister is shocked” shock
The always provocative Unspun asks how it is that Indonesia’s minister of health is shocked at the country’s HIV prevention failure. It’s a good question, most especially since before becoming...
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