AIDS impact on Africa’s children chronicled in photos and stories
Ruthann Richter, director of media relations at the School of Medicine, will discuss her new book, Face to Face: Children of the AIDS Crisis in Africa, at two upcoming events. The book, a collaboration with San Francisco documentary photographer Karen Ande, blends color photography and narrative to offer a rare and very personal glimpse into the lives of children affected by AIDS in Africa.
“Ruthann Richter and Karen Ande have given a new voice and face to this pandemic, which continues to destroy the hopes, dreams and lives of children,” said Philip Pizzo, MD, dean of the medical school and a specialist in pediatric AIDS. “Through compelling and poignantly informed stories and narratives and incredibly sensitive and touching portraits of children, families, providers and communities, Richter and Ande remind us, in a deeply personal way, how important HIV remains in Africa and beyond.”
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Peter Piot, MD, formerly of UNAIDS, notes in the book’s foreword that children have been left behind in the world’s response to AIDS. The book aims to serve as a call to action, with examples of how individuals and organizations can intervene to transform the life of a child.
The author and photographer will do a presentation Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real in Menlo Park. They will also do a slideshow/presentation at Café Scientifique at the Stanford Blood Center, 3373 Hillview Ave. in Palo Alto, on Nov. 17 at 7 p.m.
Published by Hope Publishing House, the book will be for sale at the events for $39.95 and is available for purchase online at www.facetofaceafrica.com. Proceeds from the sale of the book will be used to support orphaned and vulnerable children in Sub-Saharan Africa, a few of whom are profiled in the book.
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