Nov28
World AIDS Day: Peter’s first year
Mirriam Chongo and her baby Peter live in Zambia, where investment in HIV testing, care and prevention has made great progress. Having learned that she is HIV positive and pregnant, Mirriam is following the necessary steps to protect her son from the virus.
Last week, we followed Mirriam & Peter’s progress through pregnancy, delivery and post-natal testing. Here’s a look at the challenges they face over Peter’s first year staying HIV-free.
Read more about the importance of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission and UNICEF’s work to help realize an AIDS-free generation by 2015.
World AIDS Day is December 1 – tune in for the end of ths story!
It’s all fine and good that you do this AIDS work overseas. But the USA has so much and nobody is taking the epidemic here as seriously as they should! For 5 years I lived in Philadelphia from 2006-2011, from 1988-2006 I lived in DC. DC has an HIV rate on paper of one out of 15; Philadelphia’s on paper looks a little bit lower but is questionable because in the 19134 zip code amongst others the HIV rate is the same as Botswana’s. Please, charity starts at home!