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A mother holding her daughter close, in front of a clothesline

Field lessons: Impact the whole person, not just a part

A mother holding her daughter close, in front of a clothesline
Experts speak

By Esther Nyamugisa Ochora

Field lessons: Impact the whole person, not just a part

As a medical doctor with more than a decade of experience working on HIV and AIDS in Uganda, I’m not often surprised. Yet, on a recent mission to document the stories of women and children benefiting from advancements in testing and treating HIV, I was. I was humbled by the stories of women who faced outstanding hardships and yet… Read more →←
A woman in a yellow dress sits talks into a microphone at a table with a sign that reads 'NGO Africa'.'

Mother, woman, activist: Lucy’s story

A woman in a yellow dress sits talks into a microphone at a table with a sign that reads 'NGO Africa'.'
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By Lucy Wanjiku

Mother, woman, activist: Lucy’s story

On the International Day of the Girl, we sat down with Lucy Wanjiku, HIV activist and mother, to hear about her experience as a young woman living with HIV in Kenya. She shared her hopes, dreams and fears for the future of girls in sub-Saharan Africa. What challenges did you face as a teenage girl in Kenya? What are you doing to address… Read more →←
Adolescent girls and young women, in traditional garb.

Envision: The newest tool in adolescent health and data

Adolescent girls and young women, in traditional garb.
Data and research

By Chewe Luo

Envision: The newest tool in adolescent health and data

For several years, much of my time has been devoted to dissecting and analyzing the alarming statistics regarding new HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women. How is it that an adolescent girl is newly infected with HIV every three minutes in 2017? And why is it that among the quarter of a million new HIV infections that… Read more →←
A man and woman climbing down a staircase.

The difference ALL IN made for me

A man and woman climbing down a staircase.
Impact

By Laura Adema

The difference ALL IN made for me

My name is Laura Adema. I am 21 years old and studying for a bachelor of arts in education at Mount Kenya University. I was born HIV positive but was diagnosed only in 2006, when I was nine years old, after a series of sicknesses. I took my medication without knowing what was ailing me. My parents never disclosed my status to me, no… Read more →←
A teenager stands in front of a board with the letters T-E-S-T-E behind him.

Life as a child activist

A teenager stands in front of a board with the letters T-E-S-T-E behind him.
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By Keren Dunaway

Life as a child activist

Having HIV in the 1990s meant automatic exclusion from your social circle, discrimination and a lot of stigma. It was even more difficult in developing countries, where HIV was, in the minds of many, a death sentence – because despite being a step away from entering the millennium, ignorance flooded Latin American countries. When our… Read more →←
A young girl living with HIV in Uzbekistan looks at us from behind the trunk of a tree

Out of darkness and into light: My story

A young girl living with HIV in Uzbekistan looks at us from behind the trunk of a tree
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By Alice Allan

Story also available in: 中文 Français

Out of darkness and into light: My story

I was born prematurely at seven months. The doctors told my mother that I probably wasn’t going to survive, so she left me in the hospital. At some point during my stay in the hospital I was given a blood transfusion. That was how I got HIV. When I was 14 days old my grandmother discovered I’d been born and came to get me. She has… Read more →←
A young man, in a white hooded shirt speaking into a megaphone in a town square.

Teens: Together we are louder, together we are heard

A young man, in a white hooded shirt speaking into a megaphone in a town square.
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By Yana Panfilova

Story also available in: 中文

Teens: Together we are louder, together we are heard

My name is Yana Panfilova. I am from Ukraine, and I was born with HIV, on 20 October 1997. Now I am a founder of Teenergizer, an organization for teenagers (including those who are HIV-positive), but during my childhood, I thought I would die. Neither my friends nor civil society in Ukraine knew much about HIV at the time. For the… Read more →←
Mother leaning over a malnourished baby on her lap

Have you ever thought of HIV as the solution?

Mother leaning over a malnourished baby on her lap
Experts speak

By Chewe Luo

Have you ever thought of HIV as the solution?

A special supplement of the Journal of the International AIDS Society, which I have co-edited with Douglas Webb and Lucie Cluver, considers the impact the new Agenda 2030 (the outline to help institute the Sustainable Development Goals) is going to have on work in the HIV field. Will it mean our efforts no longer have the same focus as… Read more →←
Kids playing volleyball on a beach.

Gearing up for success: Adolescent sexual health in Rwanda

Kids playing volleyball on a beach.
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By Anurita Bains, Alice Armstrong

Gearing up for success: Adolescent sexual health in Rwanda

How does a country improve HIV and sexual and reproductive health progress for adolescents? We may think it is tech innovation or new celebrity voices or novel social media. But in fact, it is much simpler. Analysis and planning will accelerate progress for adolescent health. Although Rwanda has high coverage of HIV services, the… Read more →←
Oremta stands at her door.

“Welcome” to the world

Oremta stands at her door.
Insider

By Nancy Ndal-lah

Story also available in: Français 中文

“Welcome” to the world

“I have lost a child; he was six months old. I know the grief of a mother who loses her child. My husband had HIV/AIDS but he never told me about it. I would never have thought that a child born with HIV could die before his first birthday.” With a warm handshake, Oremta comes to greet us. She is in a hurry. I follow her through a… Read more →←
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