An editor at the Myanmar Times has sent the [him] moderator the following comment on a previous posting.

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"Misbehaviour" referred to risk-taking behaviour that puts people at risk of contracting HIV. In this case the doctor was referring to unsafe man-to-man sex in drama troupes (like zat pwe). Perhaps not the best choice of words but I suspect "misbehaviour" was used for censorship reasons.

When the doctor said "ethnic groups from the hilly regions", they were referring to the group known in Myanmar as Myo Thet Khami, a Rakhine subgroup from the Rakhine/Chin border area.

Your other question, "Why aren't more HIV programme workers members of other 'ethnic minority' communities?, you should direct to the NGOs.