News Hour > Homepage > News > 

Telling Their Stories: World AIDS Day

2009-12-01 15:41 BJT

 

Roosevelt Doriscat is up at dawn every day.

He delivers anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) to AIDS patients.

Roosevelt Doriscat, Community Health Worker, said, "We are helping people with the disease stay healthy."

Rosette Pierre, AIDS Patient, said, "He helps me in a lot of ways."

5,000 AIDS patients in Haiti have been helped.

Dr. Leopold Fenelon, said, "Thanks to them, many patients have been on ARVs for more than ten years."

AIDS affects about 33.4 million people worldwide.

Getting them medication is a big help.

It's a job for life.

Editor: Zhang Pengfei | Source: CCTV.com