How and Why AIDSLink Started
Back in 2004, I took a trip around Southern Africa, accompanying a journalist who was writing about AIDS, helping with her schedule and taking the photographs.
I had already lived almost ten years in South Africa and I knew that AIDS was a problem, but I had no personal involvement. However, that trip opened my eyes to the devastation this microscopic virus is causing and catapulted me into a response.
I also realised that HIV is not just a problem in Southern Africa - it is an international issue and as such we must respond on an international level.
Rosemary Hack
Director of AIDSLink International