My patients fought Aids, I fought the system

Cliff Morrison moved to San Francisco to work as a nurse in the late 1970s, when people around him started dying from a mystery illness. It was the beginning of the Aids epidemic and Cliff found himself on the frontline. He saw how Aids patients were discriminated against and kept in isolation, so he established a special ward where he pioneered a new compassionate approach to caring for them. Cliff went on to implement that model in hospitals across the world.

In Zambia, Faith Kalungia gives support to women in prison and their children incarcerated with them. We first heard from her in 2018 when she was a nominee for the Inspirations Awards. We caught up with her recently to find out how the kids are doing and how her work has been affected by the coronavirus lockdown.

Photo: Cliff Morrison
Credit: 5B Film