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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.
Watch Breakthrough's newest video around the "What Kind of Man are You?" campaign. Mandira Bedi and Samir Soni act as a married couple who discover that HIV/AIDS is not that far from home.
Watch the making of Breakthrough's video Baagon Na Jaa....
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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."
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....
In a quiet bookstore in Mumbai, two women talk about the AIDS epidemic and safe sex. It's hard for one to keep quiet, to her friend's shock and dismay.
Shabana, 20, realized she was HIV+ after her husband's health began rapidly deteriorating....
Breakthrough's video- Baagon Na Jaa addresses the issue of religious violence and discrimination through the story of a friendship between a Hindu man (Anupam Kher) and a Muslim boy (Rahul Bose)....
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