Vuyiseka dubula biography books

Once a poor, young woman who was terrified for her life, Vuyiseka Dubula is now one of Africa’s most fearless warriors in the fight against the world’s most infamous STD.

Here’s her story.

Vuyiseka Dubula was an impoverished, 22-year-old Black woman living in a Cape Town township when she was diagnosed with HIV in 2001. She thought it was the end of her young life, as Dubula couldn’t afford the expensive HIV treatments that were available at the time.

Vuyiseka dubula biography books

She was the was sole breadwinner for her sick mother and the eight children in their home.

Dubula was so depressed by the news that she lay in her bed for two months. Eventually, she pulled herself up and stopped by a Doctors Without Borders clinic where they were treating South Africans with the virus using antiretrovirals.

Dubula didn’t get treatment there but a counselor referred her to the Tr