Special Series: Youth and HIV in Africa

ARVs a Bitter Pill to Swallow for Ugandan Children

By Amy Fallon
Every morning at six a.m. before he goes to school, and every night at six p.m. after he gets home from school, Emmanuel, 11, knows what he must do: take his antiretroviral pills.

To Tell or Not to Tell? Ugandan Teens Grapple with HIV Disclosure

By Wambi Michael
Silence is golden, it is said. But not for Constance Nansamba* from Uganda, who paid a dear price for keeping silent about being HIV positive and pregnant at age 18.  

Zimbabwe’s Positive Children, Negative News

By Busani Bafana
Three years ago, Robert Ngwenya* and his father got into a heated argument over medication. Ngwenya, then aged 15, refused to continue swallowing the nausea-provoking pills he had been taking since he was 12 years old, and flushed them down the toilet.