Children’s lives and the lives of their caregivers must become a priority that is reflected through the budgets and policy agendas of PEPFAR, the Global Fund, and national governments. Our children are dying. The world must wake up and treat this as the emergency that it is, write Maureen Milanga and Alexandra Volgina.
Activists in Malawi have outlined a number of community-recommended interventions that would improve the state of the national HIV and TB response, including measures to help people to start and stay on treatment. Two people involved in fighting for these critical changes, Chimwemwe and Alinafe*, are sharing their stories on this photo essay.