As the world sprints to end AIDS, young people born with HIV but never told of their condition by their guardians are coming to terms with their disease—and living fulfilling lives.
Traditional beliefs have been blamed for putting girls at risk and fueling the spread of HIV. However, tradition may also prove the linchpin in bringing about change in HIV among adolescent girls.
In Gugulethu, South Africa, at least one in four people is HIV-positive. One of them is 60-year-old Oriana.
Scientists have developed products to protect healthy young women from the disease—but women aren't taking to them in trials.
Over 50,000 people fleeing Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere are being held in military-run camps across Greece—with limited access to health care, in part due to the economic crisis in Greece.
As fans cheered on Team Refugee in Rio, thousands of refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere suffered epidemics of scabies and dysentery in derelict Olympic stadiums in Athens.
Misha Friedman speaks to PRI's The World about photographing women living with HIV and tuberculosis in South Africa.
Two of Pulitzer Center Grantee Sim Chi Yin's long-term projects, "Dying to Breathe" and "Rat Tribe," were recently exhibited in Leipzig.
When the International AIDS Conference is held in Africa, not only do you get Elton John and Queen Latifah in attendance, but African royalty with real sway over their people come as well.
How the deliberate medical neglect of over 50,000 migrants trapped in Greece is creating a health care catastrophe.
Dr. Diane Havlir leads the fight to end HIV/AIDS in San Francisco and Kenya.
The final installment in the PBS NewsHour series "The End of AIDS," focusing on South Africa's fight against the disease.
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