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AIDS victims, Masaka / Rakai district, Uganda

Both these kids have AIDS. The little one can't walk because he's so weak. His elder brother carries him. When I met this family, their father was at end stage, receiving palliative care. He has to be lifted by his wife, who is also sick. They are desperately poor and cannot afford medicine, instead relying on outreach programs. They're all going to die, condemned by a vicious disease.

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Uploaded on August 20, 2004
Taken on June 7, 2004