How US funding cuts are threatening South African families living with HIV | HIV/AIDS

Johannesburg, South Africa – Last year, Mary* finally had the conversation she had been dreading for more than a decade.

Mary has lived with HIV since 2008.

But the 36-year-old has also carried the burden of another secret: Lita*, her daughter, was born with HIV.

Speaking from her four-room home in the bustling township of Soweto, just south of Johannesburg, where she lives with Lita and her parents, Mary recalls the fear she felt as she prepared to tell her child about her condition.

“I…