This is a picture of a young HIV-positive mother of three in Tanzania. She learned that she was HIV-positive when she delivered her youngest child, now three years old, who was born with the HIV virus. Her husband abandoned her and their children, the older two whom are not infected with HIV. More about HIV and AIDS in Africa can be found at http://www.avert.org/aidsinafrica.htm

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Photo credit: � Andrew Pekun