Josephine Nabukenya
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Josephine Nabukenya is an 18-year-old, HIV-positive young woman from Uganda. As an Ambassador for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), Josephine provides a voice to children infected with and affected by HIV.

Infected with HIV as a baby, Josephine received the lifesaving HIV care and treatment and psychosocial support services she needed to become a healthy young adult. Today she is a peer counselor for other children living with or affected by HIV. As an Ambassador, she shares her personal story to educate others about pediatric AIDS and support the Foundation’s fight for an AIDS-free generation. She also writes an advice column about HIV/AIDS and children for a student magazine in Uganda, Straight Talk. Josephine lives in Kampala, Uganda with her mother and two sisters.

Blog Entries by Josephine Nabukenya

Facing HIV in Uganda and the United States

3 Comments | Posted March 10, 2012 | 8:00 AM

By Josephine Nabukenya and Janice McCall

When you're a kid, a lot of times you feel alone. You don't think there is anyone else like you in the world. That feeling is multiplied when you grow up with HIV. But then you find someone who has been through what you've...

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Dancing for an AIDS-Free Generation

1 Comments | Posted February 22, 2012 | 1:13 PM

I remember sitting in my seat on the airplane as it circled over Washington, D.C., impatient for it to land. This was going to be my second trip to the United States, and I was very excited.
I was invited here by the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric...

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