Constance Mudenda - A Mother Can’t Wait
702 presents... The Moth · 23 November 2016 · 5m
Constance Mudenda - A Mother Can’t Wait. HIV Counselor and new mother Connie Mudenda learns firsthand what it feels like to wait for a infant’s test results. Connie Mudenda is a (RED) Amabassador and AIDS activist. She is HIV-positive, and living proof of the tremendous power of anti-retroviral meds, known her children to AIDS. She had not been tested and didn’t know she was living with HIV. In 2005, Connie got tested for HIV and began assessing treatment. Today, she life-saving meds, she had a daughter, named Lubona, who was born HIV-free in 2012. Living in Lusaka, Zambia, Connie works to fight stigma, encourages people to get tested, and educates people living with HIV about the importance of adhering to treatment. Duration: 4'40" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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