SINCE early January, Mas Hamzah Muslik’s daily medication has changed. The antiretroviral’s (ARV) fixed-dosed combination (FDC) of tenofovir, lamivudine and efavirenz (TLE), of which he usually takes one pill a day, is no longer available.

This HIV/AIDS medication was usually easily available, free of charge, at the Menur mental hospital in Surabaya, East Java. “Because they were out of stock, I had to take alternatives. Wherea