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His body temperature rose, he was 
getting a fever.

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His ears were burning hot.

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He can't swallow any food, his appetite 
is gone.

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His parents suspect that worms caused it.

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This is Jokbijoker village.

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The villagers have already left to find medicine in Bikar.

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And this place has become deserted.

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These are graves,

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victims of mass deaths from a suspicious 
disease in the Jokbijoker village.

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According to a report by a local NGO, 
as many as 95 members of the Karon tribe 
died due to an unknown disease.

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The Karon tribe is located in eight villages in the Kwaroo district, Tambrauw regency, West Papua Province.

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TAMBRAUW MOUNTAIN

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I have been working,

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to serve the House of God in this 
remote area in Tambrauw,

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since 1981.

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During my time here, I have built up many 
villages (permanent settlements)

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Bikar, Orvefor, Suau, Sebab, Bakdhe, 
Krisnos, Suau, Krafotsu. Not seven, 
but eight villages.

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In the case of the disease that 
occurred in Jokbijoker,

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the sudden death of so many of the Karon tribe members,

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we went to the Health Department 
so many times.

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But they did not respond, or didn't 
care about us.

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All the reports have been presented
to them.

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If there are health issues,

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if some members from here or other 
villages get sick,

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they bring them over to another village.

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Usually to Werur.

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They don't have a medical centre here, 
not even the smallest kind.

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Every time someone gets sick, they 
bring that person to Werur,

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to my house, to be exact.

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Where do you come from? You're walking 
from your village to get here?

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Yes, by walking. Four days from Kwor, and 
three to five days from Mariane.

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Yeah, some of them became better and returned to their villages.

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But some also died in Werur village.

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All this time, I have been buying some medicine for them.

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I'm using my church savings.

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The government health officials visited 
only once for a day in 2012.

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Up until now, we have been waiting on 
the Ministry of Health,

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and also on the West Papua Province.

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They promised us, so we're waiting.

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People are still waiting.

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They said they want to establish several small medical centres, one in Bakde and one probably here.

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They shouldn't just build small medical centers,

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but also provide medical teams.