AN AID-SUFFERING BOY WAITS FOR DRUG TREATMENT AT A CONTROVERSIAL CLINIC IN THAILAND, 2002-07-17 (photo)

HIV-positive Thai boy Sutipat Insawang, five, clings to his mother as she buys a supply of V1-Immunitor anti-AIDS oral vaccine tablets at a clinic in Ban Bangpakong on the outskirts of Bangkok July 17, 2002. Other users of the drug claim startling success, with some saying that they have been cured of the HIV virus. The drug, available in Thailand for more than a year at a cost of less than $20 per month, has not been tested to international standards and the claims of its manufacturers have not yet been accepted by health authorities. REUTERS/Jason Reed JIR/DL