Zambian brothers fend for themselves after AIDS deaths and aid cuts

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Zambian brothers fend for themselves after AIDS deaths and aid cuts
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Three brothers in Zambia's Copperbelt, ages 17, 15 and 12, are fending for themselves after their HIV-positive parents died this year as aid cuts shuttered the clinics that kept them on meds; they sell belongings, live in a leaky home, and Joseph works as a part-time security guard to pay rent and cover schooling while trying to keep his brothers on treatment, aided only by a pastor and distant relatives as the broader HIV-care network wanes.

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