quote: Some people with HIV/Aids in Papua New Guinea are being buried alive by their relatives, a health worker says.
Margaret Marabe said families were taking the extreme action because they could no longer look after sufferers or feared catching the disease themselves.
BBC
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posted 27 August 2007 11:26 PM
Wow. That's really sad.
I've never really read up on the country before, but this is an interesting primer. It's one of the most rural and culturally diverse countries on earth.
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