U Sam Hla, a terminally ill AIDS patient rests in his hut at the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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HIV-positive patients pass the time at the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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Ma Jam, a 42 year-old AIDS patient hold hands with 2 year-old HIV positive Kanama at the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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HIV-positive Ma Jam (R) and Eiphyu Khine, whose husband has already died of AIDS, rest at the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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A HIV-positive patient with a devil tattoo on his chest bathes at the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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The hand of a HIV-positive patient rests on his bed at the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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A chest x-ray image of a HIV-positive patient hangs at the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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A HIV-positive patient sits in her hut at the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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HIV-positive Ei Ei Phyu, who lives at the hospice with his HIV-positive mother, sleeps in a hammock at the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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HIV-positive patients pass the time at the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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A child of a HIV-positive patient plays at the entrance of the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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A volunteer measures the blood pressure of HIV-positive patients at the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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27 year-old HIV-positive Zinmar Nwe, whose husband died of AIDS, bathes at the HIV/AIDS hospice, founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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HIV-positive Ma Mon comforts her non-positive daughter Myat Noe Thu as her HIV-positive son Ei Ei Phyu sleeps in a hammock at the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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27 year-old HIV-positive Zinmar Nwe, whose husband died of AIDS, looks from inside her hut at the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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HIV-positive Eiphyu Khine, whose husband died of AIDS, rests under a mosquito net at the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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A HIV-positive patient looks in a mirror as others sleep at the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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HIV-positive Ma Jam sleeps at the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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HIV-positive Ma Jam sleeps at the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 26, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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People wait for the results of their HIV tests outside the HIV/AIDS hospice founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 27, 2012. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Picture taken May 27, 2012. To match Feature MYANMAR-HIV/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

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A HIV-positive patient with a devil tattoo on his chest rests in an HIV/AIDS hospice, founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) 

HIV-positive patients rest in front of a picture of Aung San Suu Kyi in an HIV/AIDS hospice, founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, in the suburbs of Yangon May 27, 2012. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) 

A HIV-positive patient baths in an HIV/AIDS hospice, founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. Their plight demonstrates the painful limits of democracy in Myanmar. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) 

U Sam Hla, a terminally ill AIDS patient rests in his hut in an HIV/AIDS hospice, founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) 

A HIV-positive patient sits in her hut in an HIV/AIDS hospice, founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, in the suburbs of Yangon May 26, 2012. While the government is pursuing reforms that promise to overhaul its health ministry and other institutions, the process is too slow to bring change to its most destitute. There are few better examples than AIDS sufferers, who due to a combination of poor education, social stigma and bureaucratic mismanagement are isolated in clinics, cut off from society. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)