Images of the Fight Against AIDS in Africa

From the Ground Up  

Austin Muyambela cleans the grounds at the Nangoma Mission Hospital in rural Zambia. He also volunteers as an HIV/AIDS counselor and helps patients stay on their medications.

Prevention Is Key  

Muyambela (left) also assists Fred Mbewe, a nurse who performs circumcisions, which can reduce HIV infection by 60 percent in men.

Knowledge Is Power  

The Ethiopian village of Galato holds community conversations to learn about reproductive health and talk about their concerns together.

Spreading the Word  

Ethiopian health-extension worker Aster Roba conducts a community meeting in her village to discuss health concerns, including HIV/AIDS.

Paving the Path  

Zambian traditional healer Manyando Silukena and his wife treat illness with herbs. But they refer people with HIV to medical facilities.

Moving Forward

The Mary Aikenhead Open Community School, a Catholic institution, is for girls who have lost parents, mainly to HIV/AIDS.

Supplying the Future  

The school provides education and breakfast for girls grades one through nine.

Higher Standards  

Senior Chief Shakumbila demands that families pay the price of three goats for not delivering babies in a medical facility.

Support, Not Shame  

Nurse-midwife Angela Maseka treats 10 to 15 HIV-positive women a day. "What's the shame" in HIV? she asks.

Taking Responsibility  

The Brothers for Life HIV/AIDS campaign targets men in Zambia.

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