He sits naked on the mattress. His body is covered in his own excrement, as is the mattress. Syahrul, a 1-year-old baby, is in the throes of a severe bout of diarrhea. For more than an hour now, he has been fouling his bed with no one to clean him or tend to him—there is no nurse to be seen in the Nunukan public health center where he is being treated. The same goes for his father and mother.

After getting his papers put in order, last