MAKURDI, Nigeria, March 31 (Reuters) – For several months last year, Josephine Angev walked the dusty village paths of Nigeria’s Benue State with a mission – to help people living with HIV stay on their life-saving medication, after a U.S. aid freeze left thousands scrambling for supplies.
The 40-year-old is one ​of dozens of volunteer “HIV champions” who went door-to-door to bring patients back into care when their access to antiretroviral drugs was disrupted, tending to those whose condition can still bring shame and ‌stigma.
