LET’S just refer to her as Susan. The body of the 40-year-old housewife being treated at the Jayapura Dok 2 Hospital is emaciated. Her skin is wrinkled and her gaze downcast. A bible lies beside her pillow. She can only nod weakly when Samuel M. Baso, the senior doctor at the hospital, asks if she feels like eating.

Susan bursts into tears when Baso asks about her husband. She was infected with the HIV/AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired