This is a picture of HIV-positive women in South Africa. South Africa has more HIV+ people that any other country, and is home to half of all the HIV+ people in the nine southern African countries hardest hit by HIV. You can read more about the reality of living with HIV/AIDS in Africa at our personal stories from Africa page www.avert.org/aidsinafrica.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: � AVERT/ B. Kriel