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“I’m Yvette and I’m living with HIV,” she declares. “It’s important to me to introduce myself in this way. When I meet someone, I disclose my status first — even before revealing that I’m a mother.”
ACTIVISM

‘Where the governments see statistics, I see the faces of my friends’

Yvette Raphael describes herself as a ‘professional protester, sjambok feminist and hater of trash’. Government officials would likely refer to her as ‘a rebel’. She’s fought for…

  • Khadija Patel
11 min read
Prevention and treatment: Selena Bishop attends a consultation at Sorgin Health Centre in Nsanje, Malawi. Bishop is HIV positive is collecting her ARV refill. New research has found a bimonthly injection to be highly effective in preventing new HIV infections. Photo: Luca Sola
ANTIRETROVIRALS

Six injections a year could stop new HIV infections

New research from seven countries in Africa signals the future of HIV prevention — but what can it learn from its past?

  • Laura López González
7 min read