In Zambia, Treating the Symptom of Silence

A university fights not only AIDS, but the stigma of the disease

Maphalo walks into Sandson Tembo's consultation room and sits down. Glancing around at the three clinicians who are waiting for her to tell them how she is doing, she smiles triumphantly.

"You doubted me," she accuses one of the men, with a soft, playful grin.

She is talking about the time last year when she staggered into the clinic, which serves the University of Zambia, with symptoms of AIDS. Just as she

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