Tambora’s Death Row
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Premature death among intravenous drug users is one of the few things to limit the spread of HIV infection in Tambora.
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UCOK wears a denim jacket all day, despite the intense Jakarta heat. He doesn’t want people to see the scars on his arms. A quietly spoken 29-year-old, Ucok is an outreach worker for drug addicts in Jakarta’s most densely populated slum, Tambora. He knows the place well. Until six years ago he was a heroin addict too.
Tambora has the highest incidence of HIV/AIDS in Southeast Asia, and the rate of infection is growing. In the last 10 years t
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