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Ms Betty Araba of UNAIDS swabbing her mouth for an oral fluid sample for self-testing

South Sudan commemorates the World AIDS Day 2018

Juba, 1 December 2018 – Under the theme “Know your status”, South…
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Mozambique - Sousa Chilaule

Mozambique - Sousa Chilaule

Sousa Chilaule, 46, widower and father of a 23-year-old girl, has…
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Victor Omoshehin

Tailoring services to people at higher risk of HIV in Nigeria

Victor Omoshehin has witnessed dramatic improvements in Nigeria’s HIV…
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Self-testing for HIV is getting high marks in Zimbabwe 

Self-testing for HIV is getting high marks in Zimbabwe 

December 1st marks the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day, and on…
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Cabo-Verde - Ailton Lima

Ailton Lima is a young Cabo-verdian living with HIV. At the time that…
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Martin Pascal Etoundi

Cameroon - Martin Pascal Etoundi

For sixteen years, Martin narrowly escaped death time and again.…
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Thierry Maba

Congo - Thierry Maba

Thierry Maba had a plan. It was 1991 and he would leave his native…
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Moses Nsubuga

Uganda - Moses Nsubuga

Moses “Supercharger” Nsubuga, a musician and radio host in Uganda,…
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Asunta Wagura

Kenya - Asunta Wagura

It was 1988 when Asunta Wagura was diagnosed with HIV – a time when…
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HIV self-testing demonstration | Augustine Choko from the LSHTM and Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust demonstrated how to self-test for the LSHTM audience. He also shared information about the high uptake of HIV self-testing among men in Malawi | Photo: Anne Koerber, LSHTM

“In Our Hands”: Community-led film raises awareness of HIV self-testing worldwide

March 2018 - HIV self-testing presents an opportunity to reach the 30…
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