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HIV-positive mother of 7 celebrates a life of healthy choices, healthy children
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Despite progress, adolescent girls continue to bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic with 98,000 new infections in 2022 - UNICEF
NEW YORK, 1 December 2023, –, Nearly 98,000 adolescent girls aged 10-19 were infected with HIV in 2022 – or 1,900 new infections every week – according to UNICEF’s latest Global Snapshot on Children with HIV and AIDS , released ahead of World AIDS Day. While total infections among girls aged 10-19 have almost halv...
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Mentor Mothers Programme
Three times a month, Grace Mutungambera walks more than 14 kilometres from her home, to the nearest clinic. With her baby strapped to her back and in the extreme heat, the walk takes her about four hours, each way. “Sometimes my feet get painful, sometimes I have backache and headaches because of the sun. But I ha...