Howaids

The complication in public health communications we have yet to face up to, is arguably the problem that makes it so easy to justify the fear of AIDS. In the days before effective treatment, such justifications may be defensible. This is no longer the case today. As communities, we speak often about our rights to health, and we believe that we are leaving no one behind. In this essay, we challenge the presumptions that there can be rights without comprehension, and provide statistics on the proportion of people we have been leaving behind by default in Southeast Asia. That’s the kind of community systems we need for equitable healthcare for all; and not only those who comprehend and accept the importance of medicine and science.