Global News by Tag: HIV
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Justina Banda, 44, says that because she is HIV-positive, it makes her extra prone to tuberculosis, TB. She has had TB three times, most recently last year.
Though she has completed her TB treatment, she says she stills feels sick often. She is scared that she might have another relapse. She is going for a TB review in a few days.
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – On the days when her grandmother, Rose “Agogo” Banda, 70, is not able to sell sand, Elinate Banda, 13, takes her antiretroviral medication on an empty stomach.
Banda says she loves school, but she has never been able to attend regularly. Sometimes she cannot go when her uniform is too dirty because they have no soap. Other times, she is in the hospital.