CDC
On The Front Lines

Over a 10-day period, we traveled with colleagues from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to South Africa, to the epicentre of the global HIV and TB epidemics in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.

There, they captured images and stories of those at the forefront of CDC’s global response as part of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)—individuals whose efforts and innovations are helping to transform these epidemics. Together, they offer a snapshot into the work CDC and PEPFAR are leading around the world.

Images from this project have been exhibited around the United States, including a notable exhibition within the US Senate building in 2019.

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As a result of her adherence to HIV treatment, today Nontokozo is healthy and her baby was born and remains HIV-free.
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Fifteen year old Nolwazi lives in a district where a girl her age has a 50 percent chance of finishing high school and an 80 percent chance of contracting HIV. As a participant in the CDC- and PEPFAR-supported DREAMS empowerment program for girls, sh
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Once an orphan herself, Nthabiseng now serves as a community caregiver to children orphaned by HIV. Thanks to training she received from a CDC- and PEPFAR-supported initiative, she helps them stay HIV-free.
Sisters and neighbors, Thandazili and Sbusile, are part of a CDC-supported Community ART Support Group that helps increase access for those in need of HIV treatment.
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Lindiwe Msimang (L) and Felicity Basson (R) are on the frontlines, leading efforts to implement PEPFAR's DREAMS education and empowerment program for adolescent girls and young women in South Africa’s most HIV-affected district.
Nine year old Mpilo* receives lifesaving treatment after his entire family was tested following his big sister’s HIV diagnosis. It’s part of an innovative CDC-led effort known as index testing. After months of illness, he’s a happy, healthy little bo
Xolisle and her children are on the road to good health. Thanks to a CDC-supported program, nurses at her local clinic discovered she and her children had contracted both HIV and TB and provided them with lifesaving medicines to treat both diseases.
At 19, Magnificent survived the often deadly multidrug-resistant TB thanks to the treatment he received in a CDC-supported health facility that specializes in fighting drug resistance. He is now living a healthy life and pursuing his dreams of becomi
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