Unleashing the FIERCE Spirit: Rustika Banzi’s Inspiring Journey in HIV/AIDS Advocacy and Empowerment.

Rustika Banzi wins the ICWEA’s FIERCE Award in Tanzania for her outstanding contributions in the field of HIV and AIDS. As a dedicated community health worker and PLHIV cluster leader,…

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Save Lives; Decriminalize HIV! End all forms of Discrimination that impact on the quality of lives, health, and well-being of women and girls living with HIV in Eastern Africa

I am a person who lost my parents before I was 6 years old. I tested positive for HIV two years after my mother passed away. I started working as a maid in my uncle’s home…” narrated Sarah Najjemba (not real name) a resident of Bukwiri, Kyankwanzi district. She continued to say that all her parents’ property was sold off and yet the money did not even take her to school.

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