Ending the HIV Epidemic: Equitable Access, Everyone's Voice

Reabetsoe waves and laughs as his mother, Motšelisi Tsubane, 23, leans in, singing his name and dangling a homemade ball. Reabetsoe is a healthy 4-month-old, learning how to focus his eyes and move his arms and legs. He has transformed this family.   “My son likes it when I sing lullabies for him—you see him smile and act happy,” […]

Daniel, a boy living in southwest Uganda, began to fall ill in his early years of life. Eventually, his mother took him to Kisoro Hospital, where he was diagnosed with HIV. Initially, Daniel responded well to medication and achieved viral suppression—meaning that HIV became undetectable in his blood.   However, following his parents’ separation, Daniel encountered […]

Patricia Mbabazi’s smile fills the room as she attentively listens to Mahoro Florah, a matron at her school in Kisoro—in southwest Uganda, near the Rwanda border. Patricia, 16, is alive and healthy today, but it has been a difficult path to well-being—with Mahoro alongside her for much of the journey.  At the age of 2, […]