Supporting the Prevention of HIV/AIDS
Because travel in Sudan was stymied during the civil war between North and South, the rate of HIV/ AIDS tends to be far lower in southern Sudan than in most others parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Today, as peace opens up routes of travel for the first time in decades, it creates opportunity for the spread of HIV.
In 2002, My Sister's Keeper brought Sudanese medical doctor Luka Deng to the United States for an in-depth training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA on the prevention of HIV/AIDS in rural Africa. Leaders like Dr. Deng are seizing a precious window of opportunity to prevent the spread of the disease. His rural clinic treats thousands of southern Sudanese, many of whom are hearing and responding to Deng's life-saving message of prevention.
