Deolinda and two other activists go about the ‘mapping’ part of their work. This is essentially going house to house to invite women and girls who haven’t taken part in sessions to begin the series of three, or to remind those who have started of the date and time of the next session.
Discussion continues to symptoms of HIV, importance of testing, PMTCT services. They discuss a community member who committed suicide after having a positive HIV test result. “This is a lack of counseling,” says Isaura, “A person wouldn’t commit suicide if they had been properly counselled about HIV.”