Innovations in HIV/AIDS Treatment in Soweto

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Glennis Mabuza, aka "Mama G," is a nurse who has helped to transform the way HIV/AIDS is thought about and dealt with in Soweto. She's community project manner with HIV South Africa (HIVSA), and has created psychosocial programs to help Sowetans deal with their AIDS status. She spoke last night at an event with former President Bill Clinton, where both were being honored by the American Jewish World Service. She'll tell us how efforts to increase ARV (anti-retroviral)treatment has affected her community.

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