Work consists of reading lots and lots of articles about needle exchange programs implemented in different countries to prevent HIV infection. Today I was scrolling through a long report about programs that try to minimize risks associated with injection drug use, and this photo caught my eye:
The caption on the photo says, "Thai activists in a moment of celebration at a harm reduction training in Bangkok."
I think anyone who has ever been at a work-related event in Thailand will instantly recognize that the photo is not "a moment of celebration." It's a bunch of Thai people singing karaoke. Because no gathering - professional or otherwise - in Thailand is complete without a whole lot of karaoke. (And usually whiskey.)
Then again, I suppose that qualifies as a moment of celebration.
The caption on the photo says, "Thai activists in a moment of celebration at a harm reduction training in Bangkok."
I think anyone who has ever been at a work-related event in Thailand will instantly recognize that the photo is not "a moment of celebration." It's a bunch of Thai people singing karaoke. Because no gathering - professional or otherwise - in Thailand is complete without a whole lot of karaoke. (And usually whiskey.)
Then again, I suppose that qualifies as a moment of celebration.
Screenshot source: IHRD (2008). Harm Reduction Developments
2008. New York: International Harm Reduction Development
Program of the Open
Society Institute.
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