Hiv prevention - Zambia
Using outreach and education to boost HIV awareness while changing risky behavior among high-risk groups.
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Community-based HIV testing
With the trust and understanding of their local communities, trained volunteers make rounds providing HIV education and testing.
HIV educators hit the streets to help end an epidemic
Musongole, who is 29 and a mechanic, has been volunteering as a peer educator with USAID Z-CHPP for three years. For several hours three days a week, he pounds the pavement. He says it is something he felt compelled to do after losing five aunts and uncles to HIV and AIDS.
“Let us speak up about HIV”
After becoming gravely ill and testing positive for HIV, Tresford Nkumba decided to turn his life around for the sake of his children and his community.