This is a picture of a red ribbon memorial in South Africa dedicated to Gugu Dlamini. Gugu Dlamini, an AIDS activist, was beaten to death by her neighbours after revealing her HIV positive status on Zulu television in 1998. More about the history of HIV and AIDS can be found at http://www.avert.org/historyi.htm

This photo is part of a larger HIV and AIDS picture gallery. For more HIV and AIDS photos visit http://www.avert.org/historyi.htm

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Photo credit: � International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies