Here are some excerpts of an interview with Murgesh, a 16-year-old HIV+ orphan. He is keenly aware of how ARVs are helping him survive his teenage years.
Narasimha, a 30-year-old rickshaw driver in Hyderabad, found out he was HIV+ five years ago when he contracted TB. He admits that he visited commercial sex workers a number of times....
My 5 1/2 year old daughter entered kindergarten a few days back. The most exciting part of the experience so far for her has been riding the school bus....
During the 90s, most HIV+ children in the United States were not expected to survive more than a few years. If a child did survive beyond a short period, people considered it a "medical miracle."
Over the past week and a half, we have photographed and interviewed people with full-blown AIDS. Some of them couldn't even lift their heads off their pillows....
Breakthrough is an international human rights organization that uses education, pop culture and original media to promote values of dignity, equality and justice.
AVERT has HIV and AIDS projects in countries where there is a particularly high rate of infection, such as South Africa, or where there is a rapidly increasing rate of infection such as in India.
Part of the Cultural Programme for the AIDS2008 conference - an opportunity for the global activist/cultural community (including those who are unable to attend the conference) to participate in build...