HIV in Mozambique: Turning loss into hope

Three women in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, describe how they relate to HIV as a doctor, a patient, and as a peer counselor. Mozambique has one of the highest rates of HIV in the world and, due to ongoing violence, people in Cabo Delgado have a particularly difficult time receiving and adhering to HIV treatment, including pregnant women.

00:00-00:47 - Dr. Januário on how her mother's illness affected the direction of her own life.
00:47-02:56 - The main challenges to getting and keeping patients on HIV treatment.
02:56-03:34 - Peer counselor or "Mentor Mother" Cristina Virgílio: "How do we keep these mothers in care?"
03:34- 04:09 - Patient Germana Toni talks about her own challenges adhering to HIV medication.
04:09- 05:00 - Cristina Virgílio: "As a Mentor Mother, you must set an example."
05:00-05:51 - "You don't have AIDS. You have HIV."

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