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Families are the ‘face of AIDS’, says Kaleeba

    JOHANNESBURG

    Families are as much the "face of AIDS" as HIV-infected individuals, says veteran Ugandan AIDS activist Noerine Kaleeba.
    HIV-positive activists are doing a "wonderful job", Kaleeba said in Johannesburg,South Africa on Tuesday.

    "But how much more wonderful it would be if they were accompanied by their parents, How much stronger these voices of AIDS would be if their families were there too."

    Kaleeba was speaking at the launch of the second edition of her acclaimed book ‘We Miss You All’, which tells of her own family’s on-going struggle with HIV/AIDS.

    Sixteen years on from her husband Chris’s death from AIDS, Kaleeba said she felt both hope and anger. "Those of you on the frontline of the epidemic, don’t despair. But don’t lose your anger either. I know that one day we will overcome."

    Kaleeba wrote this latest edition of ‘We Miss You All’ with Sunanda Ray, who is Director of HIV/AIDS information and research group SAfAIDS. The book is available from SAfAIDS, PO Box A509, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe, Tel. +263 4 336193 / 4, Fax +263 4 336195, E-mail: [email protected]

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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