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For years, prisoners in Thailand suffering from HIV and AIDS were unable to access medical treatment. Many died behind bars, even though treatment was widely available outside. For the past five years, Medecins Sans Frontieres, known as MSF, has been coordinating ARV therapy and HIV/AIDS treatment programs in three Bangkok area prisons. In a few days, the Thai government will assume responsibility for all HIV/AIDS programs inside Thai prisons. 

Link to my feature for VOA News:

voanews.com/english/2008-12-30-voa13.cfm

Canada’s woodland caribou, also known as reindeer, are threatened by global warming and industrial expansion in the north.

I made this short video feature for Associated Press Television News. It is posted on National Geographic’s website:

news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081209-caribou-video-ap.html

While anti-government protestors occupied Bangkok’s main airport, I reported on the chaos for CNN and AFPTV (Agence France Press Television).

One of my reports for CNN:

www.video.aol.com/partner/cnn/chaos-in-bangkok/world:2008:11:26:bpr:thai:airport:blast:goodman