POSITHIV+: AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

Frontline by Pep Bonet, Mimi Chakarova | May. 17, 2007 (Advocacy)

FRONTLINE/World FlashPoint editor Mimi Chakarova spoke to Pep Bonet by phone at his home in Mallorca about what this project meant to him personally and the surprising number of uplifting memories he took away from Africa and its struggle to combat HIV/AIDS.

Mimi Chakarova: Your photos display a lot of dignity and a certain sense of quietness. Can you tell me more about the thinking process behind the images, how you chose the subjects and ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Health
Topics: Africa, HIV/AIDS
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Posted by: Posted by Dale Penn - May 17, 2007 - 11:23 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Dale Penn (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Naima Holland (review), Mickey Mooney (review)
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Edited by: Dale Penn - May 17, 2007 - 11:55 AM PDT

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Dale Penn
4.5
 by Dale Penn - Oct. 1, 2008

Personally, I often find reading stories about the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa difficult. It is hard to comprehend the lives the people in these impoverished regions face. This short photojournalism piece offers an amazing slideshow/narrative introduction with background and interview sections to help fill in the story.

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Fabrice Florin
4.0
 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008
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Kaizar Campwala
3.9
 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

A pictorial interview.

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Naima Holland
4.5
 by Naima Holland - Feb. 4, 2010

I thought this was a very different way to present to the public what the AIDS epidemic is doing to the people in Sub-Saharan Africa. I preferred to see pictures and audio than read an article because a article might have lost my interest.

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Mickey Mooney
3.3
 by Mickey Mooney - Feb. 11, 2010

Knowing that this is a problem in Africa I'm not shocked to read about this. But to me i find it difficult to sit here and read about this, and know that out there not a lot of people are trying to do something about it. There is something to do about this.

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