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Wu Zongren, the doctor for Guoton village, organized a directly observed therapy program that dispenses medicine to 100 villagers each day and gives them eggs every 2 weeks if they take all their drugs. Wu's own daughter-in-law became infected after selling blood, and the virus spread to both his son and grandson, who stand behind him. "I share the same painful feeling as HIV patients," says the elder Wu.
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