Discrimination against children with HIV/AIDS evidence of ‘systemic failure’: Advocates

You’ve got a friend: A volunteer wearing a red ribbon that reads “Friend of people with human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)” campaigns on a busy street in Surabaya, East Java, for World AIDS Day. The campaign aims to eradicate the stigma and discrimination surrounding HIV/AIDS. (The Jakarta Post/Sigiet Pamungkas)

The Indonesia AIDS Coalition (IAC) has urged the government to establish a special working unit to increase public awareness about HIV/AIDS following recent cases in Surakarta, Central Java, and Samosir Regency, North Sumatra, of students living with HIV/AIDS being prevented from attending school following complaints from parents of other students. Read More