JACK PICONE AUSTRALIAN FOTOREPORTER 

NOW RESIDENT IN THAILAND ( CHIANGMAI )

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WAT PRABAT NAMPHU: Students from a Bangkok High school visit a Aids Museum in Lopburi north of Bangkok.

Students from a High School in Bangkok view a, "exhibit" at Wat Prabat Nampu, a hospice for those dying of Aids..

People view a, "exhibit" at a Aids museum, Wat Prabat Nampu at north of Bangkok..

Students from a high School in Bangkok, discuss a exhibit at a museum for those that have died from the Aids virus.

A woman cares for her partner who is seriously ill, in the later stages of Aids.

A buddhist monk at Wat prabat namphu. 

One of the few comforts at Wat Prabat Nampu a hospice for those dying of Aids, are the temple dogs that the patients can interact with.

A patient who has fallen out of his bed, struggles with the last residue of energy he has to get back into his bed.

A patient at the Aids hospice, is bathed by a volunteer health care worker.

A patient at Wat Prabat Nampu endures the struggle to take food during the final stages of the virus.

There are no bathrooms here. A patient is hosed down outside with a garden hose at Wat Prabat Nampu, a hospice for those dying of Aids.

A patient at Wat Prabat Nampu, a hospice for those dying of Aids north of Bangkok.

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Community health workers from "Rejoice" Aids charity, doing outreach work near Chiang Mai.

The horror of full blown Aids is compounded by the lack of AZT anti-retro viral drugs.

A volunteer health care worker changes the sheets of a patient who is in the later stages of the HIV virus.

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Monks who are themselves HIV+, leave a temple after conducting a funeral for several people who have lost the fight against the virus.

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AGARPE HOME ( CHIANG MAI)

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