Today we had another very successful visit to a Puskesmas - about 16 women got tested. It appears that the husbands of some of the women may be injecting drug users, so there is a real risk for infection (some groups of injecting drug users in Makassar are getting infection rates of around 90%, which is very frightening). The staff and the GC folks were all very professional - the whole process went very smoothly. The women were a little shy to ask questions after the initial presentation, so they trotted me out as a "guest speaker" and I talked about HIV basics with the group for a few minutes, which helped break the ice. Tomorrow we'll be visiting still another Puskesmas.
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