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Father and baby hand.


Photograph by Jenny Matthews / Panos

If you are interested in commissioning an exhibition or community programme featuring Positive Lives, contact Mathew Birch at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance mbirch@aidsalliance.org

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"I'm an orphan - both my mother and father are dead. I suffer from HIV, I'm sero-positive, and I believe in the disease because I have the symptoms. I.want you who don't believe in the illness, to change your minds, because the.sooner we believe in it, the less cases there will be, because we will be.able to take care and be warned.. I'm living with the illness and I'm OK at the moment but I'm sad.because I know I could die soon and I haven't been able to get the proper medicine to treat myself. I'm alone in the house, my family have.disappeared, my parents died, my brothers ran away from me. This is how I live, my wife died, I have a young son but he has been taken away, perhaps for the best. I need help so I can get better and work. I'm not as strong.as I was before I got ill. At one point I wanted to kill myself, but I was.told not to, to calm down. I'm not 100% happy but I'm getting by. My house isn't very good, when it rains the roof leaks. Sometimes I can't find anything to eat but the priests help me a lot and so does Dona Fernanda; the counsellor at the hospital. She works with a group of us who are positive, telling us how we should live, how to think so we don't get too.depressed and obsessed by being ill, and also helps with food and.medicine. I'm an activist at Esperanca and that also helps me.. I wish there was a hospital where we are always treated well. A special.place where positive people are dealt with quickly without any prejudice.. Sometimes I don't bother going to the hospital because some people treat.us badly.


Photograph by Jenny Matthews / Panos

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Renato , FADM (Mozambican armed forces ) barracks , Chimoio, givng a talk on HIV/AIDS to fellow soldiers.." I come from Zambezia . I came here in 1994. I was in the infantry. On the 9th March 2001 I was trained as an HIV/AIDS activist. I volunteered for this. I was motivated to increase the knowledge of this issue amongst the military. I think this is very important. The illness is victimising many people. Aids kills, there's no cure. We had one case here in the barracks. My message is to pay attention to the illness, to use condoms, to be faithful to have a sexual relationship with just one person.. But for us soldiers, the problem is that we're not always in the same place. If I go to Inhambane I'm going to find another woman, I'm going to have to use a condom. Soldiers don't stay in one place, they are always on.the move. ".."Good afternoon gentlemen . I'm called Renato, I'm an Aids activist and am.here to tell you a bit about the problem. The illness has no cure. There's no injection that can cure it. It's a very wicked disease, there are no medecines for it. We have to use condoms or we will be dead. We are soldiers, we are always moving from one place to another. We're always on.the road, we are going to come across other women, if you don't want to use a condom, be faithful. ".


Photograph by Jenny Matthews / Panos

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Fabrica working on machamba.I am 43 years old, from Zambezia, and a primary school teacher. In 1990 I came to Chimoio, accompanying my wife who was sick with tuberculosis. In that year my two-year-old son died, probably from the infection..When I was in Quelimane I was a blood donor. In 1994 in Chimoio I was told at the blood bank not to give any more blood. But they didn't tell me why.. In 1997 I went to the counselling office . I had a test to find out my status and I was told that I was a carrier. I was shocked by this death notice, but I saw that following medical advice and protection, and taking basic care I could look after my health.. My wife was shocked, but I took her for counselling and we have stayed in touch with the counsellor. I told my children so that there would be no shock when I died. I've been planning my life with my wife. We've devoted ourselves to growing food on our piece of land. I would like to study law. I would also like my children to study so that they can sort out their lives. My mission is to give counselling, I've done a course in Maputo, and I want to help the people in the counselling office.. I used to drink a lot. Then I cut down to protect my health. I also spoke to my friends, asking them not to tempt me with drinks..I speak a lot about prevention with friends, because there is no cure. We hope to stay alive for as long as possible. I am proof that AIDS exists. I want to show my face so that other people can help me, so they feel encouraged and free to speak, and in this way people can care for me..In order to avoid people talking about me, it's better if I speak first. People call me poor thing, but I'm not a poor thing. I know about my situation, I have medical help, I look after my health, so they are the poor ones, those who are unaware. I feel that I have to work for others.


Photograph by Jenny Matthews / Panos

If you are interested in commissioning an exhibition or community programme featuring Positive Lives, contact Mathew Birch at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance mbirch@aidsalliance.org

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Anon in front of an Aids mural." HIV is a problem that really has to be taken seriously because here in.Mozambique most people haven't yet realized the devastating effect it is going to have on reducing our population . People have to really get it into their heads that they must take care and avoid unprotected relations.They have to take responsibility for all their acts, whether.sexual or just everyday behaviour that can lead to HIV infection. The.growth in HIV figures in the last four years has been shocking and our country can't afford to deal with it . We have to think about how we can cope with this illness because if we carry on the way we are, we are going to be in very deep trouble.. I am a widow and look after 8 children - four are mine.I don't know how I'm going to manage their education. It's easier at the moment because they.are only in primary school, but when they go on to secondary school, I dont.know how I am going to manage. I know lots of sick people and would like to.be able to help them more - it's terrible when you have nothing to give. ".


Photograph by Jenny Matthews / Panos

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Eliseu chatting with a member of Esperanca. " My name is Eliseu Ze Pequenino. I'm 21 and a member and counsellor with Esperanca, an association of people living with HIV/AIDS and their sympathisers. This association was set up in 1994 when a group of people living with HIV went on a trip to Malawi to see what was happening there. They saw how a group of positive people could come together to help each other. Now we have twenty people in our group - divided into activists and counsellors. The counsellors work in the hospital and the activists at our office, in schools, businesses and in the community.. Esperanca has some problems finding members because some people are.frightened of joining. They think that if you join it means you've got AIDS. If people could be open we would have a lot more members... and we need more members because as some die we need to have new ones to carry on with the work. The fact that a person is positive doesn't mean they have AIDS and have to give up everything. If they are students they don't have to stop studying, if they are working they don't have to stop working, thinking they are going to die. To give a concrete example - we have members here in the Association who have been living positively since 1994 and we hope they still have a long life in front of them thanks to some medicines we have, antibiotics and some plants which boost the immune system.. As part of my work I spend time with students who are positive - we study together, chat, share jokes".


Photograph by Jenny Matthews / Panos

If you are interested in commissioning an exhibition or community programme featuring Positive Lives, contact Mathew Birch at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance mbirch@aidsalliance.org

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Chimoio, condom distribution at night. Because of Chimoio's location on the Beira corridor a lot of truck drivers,some from Malawi and Zimbabwe, overnight there. OMES workers tour the bars and distribute condoms.


Photograph by Jenny Matthews / Panos

If you are interested in commissioning an exhibition or community programme featuring Positive Lives, contact Mathew Birch at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance mbirch@aidsalliance.org

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The day of tears - in 1997 a counsellor decided we should meet each other.and set up a meeting for people who are carriers of HIV. We were asked if we wanted to meet people in the same situation and so on June 1st 11.people were invited to a meeting. The counsellor asked each of us to talk about our worries. We.all ended up embracing and crying. That was when we decided to set up our association to help each other. Kubitana means a union of love . We set up.a core group to find out more and to protect our interests..Our mission is to fight for information and against discrimination . We want to integrate people with aids into the community. We want to inform.families that a sick positive person is like any sick person. But they need good food, with high protein content, and should avoid tobacco and alcohol..The symbol of our group is crossed arms, so that we are all in touch with each other. No-one is isolated. It also represents the aids ribbon.

Photograph by Jenny Matthews / Panos

If you are interested in commissioning an exhibition or community programme featuring Positive Lives, contact Mathew Birch at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance mbirch@aidsalliance.org

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"I would like to be able to identify myself but I can't. I was a blood donor. In 1997 I was ill and went to the hospital for treatment. I was very thin. I was told to stop giving blood. Some friends told me to go to the counselling office and find more about what was wrong with me. I had a test and waited six months for the result. It was positive. When I got the result I was very frustrated, without knowing that I could carry on living. But from 1997 until today I'm still alive... The counsellor put me in touch with other positive people, and that's how I joined Kubatana.. My wish is that those who don't know about HIV/AIDS find out, and are warned. We have children who need to know. I'm using my life to tell other people what happened to me. I have to plan the life of my children. I feel very well. My wife and I are very open with each other. I spoke to her and we joined Kubatana together. As she knows, she's ready to live with me and to survive me, openly and without fear".


Photograph by Jenny Matthews / Panos

If you are interested in commissioning an exhibition or community programme featuring Positive Lives, contact Mathew Birch at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance mbirch@aidsalliance.org

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Eliseu teaching in a secondary school. "Another part of my work is going into schools and teaching about HIV/AIDS.. I like doing this very much - it's an opportunity to influence the behaviour of young people - some of them know everything - about sexually transmitted diseases, the symptoms of HIV, how to use condoms, but others are very naive - it's good that everyone has as much knowledge as possible".


Photograph by Jenny Matthews / Panos

If you are interested in commissioning an exhibition or community programme featuring Positive Lives, contact Mathew Birch at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance mbirch@aidsalliance.org

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JMA-10157146

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