The woman, who says that she has seen three people buried alive in the country’s remote highlands, is appealing to the government to make sure that HIV awareness reaches all parts of the country, including the rural areas.
A lack of information about the virus, as well as stigma, have been long-standing problems in the country where about two percent of the adult population is HIV positive. Papua New Guinea accounts for 90% of HIV infections in the Oceania region.
Click here to watch a POZ interview with an HIV-positive woman from Papua New Guinea.
"I am psychologically suffering from body wasting, mainly hips, face, legs and arms. Does anyone know where I can order something (maybe underwear with foam) to fill the sunken hips, so that pants can start looking normal? I feel pathetic when I look at myself in the mirror in jeans—jeans used to fill up so nicely, now they just hang!"
