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.
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.
On August 23, 2011, a girl plays a game in which you must leap and successfully get your feet over an elastic string. Two children were holding the ends of the string and moved it higher and higher with each jump. Orphans and vulnerable children...
Barb gets her hair trimmed to a buzz one night in February 2011 in South Africa. Shavings became a nightly ritual for trainees during the first week in-country. In the background, from left to right, are Lanna, Stephanie Martone, and Shaelyn.
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...
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....
A teacher, and school choir conductor, takes a bow after her learners sing the national anthem at an inter-school cultural and art competition in South Africa on August 30, 2011.
Trainees witness the burial of Danielle's (second from right) host father in February 2011 in South Africa. There were more than a thousand people at the funeral because the deceased was a distinguished member of the community and closely related...
I took this photo at the end of the construction of an enviromentally-friendly latrine at the end of April 2010 in a village in Togo, West Africa. This photo shows the two masons, myself, and the community health worker celebrating the end the...