HIV-Infected People In Myanmar Hard To Get Medication Due To Lack Of Trained Medical Staff

In this Sept. 1, 2012 photo, an HIV patient rubs his face near a poster showing a sculpture of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi at an HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of Myanmar’s National League for Democracy, the country’s opposition party led by Suu Kyi, on the outskirts of Yangon. Myanmar ranks among the world’s hardest places to get HIV care, and health experts warn it will take years to prop up a broken health system hobbled by decades of neglect.

In this Sept. 1, 2012 photo, an HIV-infected woman prepares to dispose of a used intravenous bag and needle set which contains another HIV patient’s blood, at an HIV/AIDS hospice on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. Because of a lack of trained medical caregivers, HIV patients at the hospice help each other on intravenous injections.

In this Sept. 1, 2012 photo, an HIV-infected woman, center left, receives medication intravenously after she fainted, while another HIV patient is also treated in a hut shared with fellow HIV-infected patients at an HIV/AIDS hospice on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. <AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan>

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