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July 2000
Oh, Suzana!
by Angelo Ragaza
In Indonesia, PWAs shroud themselves in lies,
secrets and silence. But designer-activist Suzana Murni, 28,
has rent the veil of shame. Murni's mantra? It's not the label --
it's how you wear it.
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Medicine Masala
by Sameera Khan
Though India's 4 million HIVers face everything
from vicious discrimination to sky-high prices for retrovirals, some
native ancient healing traditions may offer new solutions -- for
their epidemic and ours.
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Southern Exposure
by Mukdawan Sakboon
Thailand worked a near miracle in the '90s with
"100 percent Condom Use" among sex workers and other prevention
campaigns that are the pride of Asia. But with advocates now
tackling treatment access and taking on fearsome Big Pharma, the
country's status as AIDS role model for the developing world is in
danger.
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Postcards from the Edge
by Bettina Schunter
Doubly devastated -- by a '70s Red reign of
terror and the continent's most staggering HIV infection rate --
Cambodia faces a catastrophic future. Bettina Schunter went
there with Doctors Without Borders to hand out condoms to sex
workers, wipe the brows of feverish PWAs and do what she can. This
is her record of small miracles and baby steps in the killing
fields.
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Dellums For Dollars
by Doug Ireland
Ex-Representative Ron Dellums, a longtime leftist, now stumps for global AIDS funding. Is it altruism? Doug Ireland lifts the veil on his paymasters.
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Bite The Bullet
by LeRoy Whitfield
Dodging a gun-toting nurse and a false prophet, LeRoy Whitfield breaks out of his treatment shell.
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It’s Alright, Ma
by Lillian Thiemann
When your kid’s been an addict and come out alive, HIV can be the toughest letters you’ve ever heard. Lillian Thieman finds forgiveness is a two-way street.
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The Lost Day
by Stephen Gendin
Stephen Gendin pulls a Proust and goes searching for lost time. He hopes he doesn’t find dementia lurking in a budding grove.
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An International Incident
by Kerry Cullinan and Anso Thom
South African president Thabo Mbeki has tapped “AIDS dissidents” in charting policy on the raging epidemic—and the global establishment is seeing red. Is he a pariah or a patriot? Kerry Cullinan and Anso Thom report from a nation in peril.
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Getting Testy
by Denny Lee
Bend over, Viagra! The new testosterone gel may soon have even frat boys cruising the black market to take it like a man.
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Cramping Your Style
by Greg Lugliani
Menstruation a pain in the pelvis? Curse not, our dispensary-loving Nursie is staggering your way.
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All The Tea In China
by Michael Onstott
Can Traditional Chinese Medicine pass the muster of American AIDS research?
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Smear No Evil
by Lark Lands and Risa Denenberg
Marlene Diaz’s abnormal Pap doesn’t spell cervical cancer, but is cause for concern—and definitely follow-up testing.
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East Meets West
by Paul DAILY
Get to know your fellow HIVers in Asia—they’re Web wired.
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