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Photo of the Mona River

This image was selected as a winner of the 2010 Fogarty Grantee Photo Contest.

Group of four huts on hillside, mist rises above them, seen from higher on hill

Photo title: Mona River

Photographer: Mark Lurie, Brown University

Description: Mona River, Hlabisa 1999.This picture to me represents the rural part of the health district in KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa where I started working nearly 15 years ago.  HIV prevalence among women aged 25-29 in this region is now nearly 50%.

Funding Fogarty program: Mentored Research Scientist Development Program

Principal Investigator: Mark Lurie, Brown University