HIV@40
HIV and mental health in Costa Rica: read (or listen) to the full series
This longform series about HIV and mental health in Costa Rica, published in four parts, was supported by the Internews Health Journalism Network. Learn...
El Colectivo 506 series on HIV wins global reporting prize
On October 12th, the Internews Health Journalism Network announced that El Colectivo 506 co-founder Katherine Stanley Obando’s four-part series on HIV in Costa Rica,...
All about HIV: A conversation with Dr. David Reyna
In Costa Rica, we lack complete and correct information about HIV. That was one of our biggest takeaways from our month of covering this...
‘I felt that I had no right to be alive’
Sofia* is 27 years old. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was transmitted to her when she was born, in Nicaragua. However, she says that her...
‘Without HIV, I would have been just another addict’
Miguel is 46 years old, and he is very aware of that fact. He’s asked, what gives you confidence that you will be able...
‘They say I came here for death with dignity’
Alonso* is 35 years old and the father of two teenage children. He is from San Sebastián, in southern San José. He is sitting...
HIV in Costa Rica, part 4: Alonso rises
Nervous? No question. Alonso* fidgets, both physically and verbally, as he shares the story of his life. He peppers his language over and over...
HIV in Costa Rica, part 3: Miguel decides to live
Miguel is not going to let anything get in the way of telling his story. Of the three people we talk to on this...
HIV in Costa Rica, part 2: Sofía comes out of her shell
Sofía is angry about the rampant misinformation about HIV that, as she looks back over her life, has made her feel so alone. (Read...
HIV in Costa Rica, part 1: Forty years on, still battling misinformation
Sofía* has been through unimaginable trauma in her 27 years, but one of the stories that, in the retelling, fills her face with the...
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Why not this? Composting in Costa Rica
What would it take for more people to take up composting in Costa Rica? Where else in the world is this practice being implemented...
