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'I used to be beautiful': Progress in management of HIVAids

Prof Omu Anzala Director of the Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative.

One of my memories of the HIV pandemic in Kenya, whose treatment is now widely available in Kenya, is of my cousin who contracted HIV. She was the belle of the village, as they say, and there was never a shortage of men pursuing her. This being the early 90s, she dreamt of a Prince Charming who would whisk her away to the big city. She did, eventually, marry; I thought the husband was charming, but they remained in the rural areas.

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