Impatient Optimists
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Photo of the Day: Alexandre's Family

Gates Foundation
July 27, 2012

There is now hope for more than 170,000 people living with HIV in Rwanda and their loved ones. “Today the way I see it, people just take drugs and their lives continue. They go back to their duties, they can work without any problem,” said Alexandre Gafaranga, pictured here with his family.

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