French countess is key advocate for AIDS patients in Myanmar
Monday, April 8, 2013 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
Albina du Boisrouvray's charity provides healthcare and other aid in 15 nations. But helping in Myanmar required connections, pressure and perseverance.SHWEPYITHA, Myanmar — After her heroin-addict husband died five years ago, Ei Ei Phyu discovered she was HIV-positive. She thought her life was over until friends directed her to the open-air clinic here where she receives antiretroviral medicine.