Crossing The Last Mile

Episode 3 - The ‪@AfricaOnNetflix‬ hit series The Polygamist has captivated audiences around the world, sparking conversations about love, power, relationships and the choices people make. In this episode of Crossing the Last Mile, we sit down with acclaimed author Sue Nyathi to unpack the deeper issues at the heart of the story. Together, we explore the realities of HIV, sexual networks, transact...

TBD Executive producers: Anne Githuku-Shongwe, Bathsheba Okwenje for UNAIDS Producers: Koketso Madubye, Aude Labbe-Videau Creative Lead; Dan Aceda, Bathsheba Okwenje Writers: Dan Aceda, Bathsheba Okwenje Engineering: Dan Aceda, House of Dillie  Narration by Susan Kimashia Mix and Mastering - SemaBOX Supported by - 2gerther 4 SRHR All rights reserved. 

In East and Southern Africa, HIV has a face, and it is disproportionately young and female. Of the 21.1 million people living with HIV in the region, adolescent girls and young women aged 15 to 24 acquire HIV at three times the rate of their male peers. Of every new infection among young people in this region, 28% are in adolescent girls and young women. But behind every statistic is a life. A sto...

Welcome to Crossing the Last Mile The data tells us an uncomfortable truth: HIV follows inequality. Across the world, people pushed to the margins of society - sex workers, gay men and other men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs and people in prisons - remain most vulnerable. Not because of who they are, but because of systems that exclude and criminalize them. We cannot end AIDS with...

In this opening episode, Anne Githuku-Shongwe, Regional Director for UNAIDS in East and Southern Africa, breaks down the current state of the HIV response in Africa at a time when global funding cuts are reshaping the landscape. We hear directly from those on the front line — health workers facing job losses, community organisations under strain, and people living with HIV who share their fears, f...

Welcome to Crossing The Last Mile,a podcast by UNAIDS East and Southern Africa, hosted by Anne Githuku Shongwe. Join us for this and other episodes as we tell the remarkable story of resilience and undying hope for the journey to end AIDs as a public health threat by 2030. This podcast is supported by the partnership 2gether4SRHR and is available on all podcast platforms and was made at SemaBOX. W...