South America

Ethel, age 60 / Paramaribo, Suriname

I’m one of the long-term survivors. I’m not use medicines because my viral load is undetectable and my CD4 cell is still high. I have a healthy lifestyle. I’m thinking positive. And also, I love myself. I’m one of the public speakers in my country, in Suriname. I was living in Holland, and I got […]

José, age 58 / Quito, Ecuador

HIV has a– una connotación mala, negativa. Pero para mí, creo que HIV has given me everything. Everything. A new life. A change, a dramatically change in my life. In Spanish we say, I gave “un giro de 360 grados.” “A 360,” and my life now is very full, I feel very… full. Once, my