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    • ¿Como Ataca?

    • ¿Como Ataca?
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    • Taken in 2012, during a Peace Corps workshop in Colombia, one Peace Corps Volunteer shows another the presentation that he's created to depict how HIV/AIDS attacks the immune system of the human body.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • "You were my friend before I got AIDS"

    • "You were my friend before I got AIDS"
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    • This music school, located in Mozambique, performs in various community events, like the wedding pictured here. At the school, they learn to play instruments, to sing, and to dance traditional dances. Many of the songs that they sing and perform...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Friendly Visit

    • A Friendly Visit
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    • A woman infected with HIV shares a smile with her family and a home-based care worker (foreground) who was visiting to ensure the woman was continuing her TB treatment. Taken in Mangata, South Africa on June 16, 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Little Nervous at First

    • A Little Nervous at First
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    • A Colombian workshop participant in a Peace Corps HIV/AIDS workshop is a little shy about presenting her group's work in Colombia, in 2012. The week-long workshop was given by Peace Corps Volunteerss for Peace Corps Volunteers, Peace Corps staff,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Mayor's Message of Prevention

    • A Mayor's Message of Prevention
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    • I took this photo walking home through Guayaquil on November 30th, 2009. I had been working late in anticipation of the launch of a new campaign to raise public awareness of HIV by my counterpart organization, Fundación VIHDA, the next day in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Medical Ritual

    • A Medical Ritual
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    • A woman infected with HIV takes her TB medicine in the presence of a home-based worker on June 16, 2011, in Mangata, South Africa. To ensure on going treatment of a patient to slow the spread of TB, meds must be taken with a health worker present.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • AIDS is Not Transmitted Through Hugging

    • AIDS is Not Transmitted Through Hugging
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    • This photo was taken on May 20, 2011 at the HIV/AIDS candlelight memorial in Ukraine. Students of all ages participated in a candlelight walk, quizzes focused on prevention and stigma reduction, behavior pledges, and presented interpretive dance,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • AIDS is Not Transmitted Through Kissing

    • AIDS is Not Transmitted Through Kissing
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    • This photo was taken on May 20, 2011 at the HIV/Aids This photo was taken at a candlelight memorial in Ukraine. Students of all ages participated in a candlelight walk, quizzes focused on prevention and stigma reduction, behavior pledges, and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Baby Bell Pepper

    • Baby Bell Pepper
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    • In parched north-eastern Nicaragua, a bell pepper can mean the difference between good health and malnourishment. For someone living with HIV/AIDS, it can mean the difference between life and death. This photo was in 2012 taken at a family garden...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Blood Transfusion

    • Blood Transfusion
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    • Peace Corps Volunteer Sheena facilitates an interactive learning session with primary school students at a school in St. Vincent (Eastern Caribbean) about the myths and facts about HIV/AIDS transmission. In this photo she holds up the card reading...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Camp Espoir

    • Camp Espoir
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    • This photo was taken at an annual Peace Corp Togo camp (camp espoir, or 'hope' in English). This camp occurs every year and for children and youth in every region of the country who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. The camp gives the kids an...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Careful Consideration

    • Careful Consideration
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    • AnKay, pictured, contemplates his work in contributing to group of over 30 youth that teamed up with Volunteer Martin do Nascimento to paint two huge murals on the walls of their high school dedicated to HIV/AIDS prevention.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Child and Father

    • Child and Father
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    • A boy still has banana residue on his mouth after taking his medicine to treat TB as his father sits in the background. The child likely was infected with TB by his mother, who is also HIV positive. The HIV pandemic has created TB epidemics in some...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Child with Gogo

    • Child with Gogo
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    • A gogo (grandmother) takes her TB medicine with food during a visit by a home-based care worker on the morning of June 16, 2011, while her grandson sits across the table. She is one of the many people in South Africa affected by both HIV and TB....
    • Volunteer Photos

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