ARROW graphic novels
These are the stories of three young people - Anita, Kakande and Kristina - living with HIV in Uganda. None of the three are real people. However, the characters' stories are based on the stories of the lives of the young people living with HIV who took part in the ARROW Young Lives research project in Uganda and Zimbabwe.
The aim of the ARROW Young Lives project was to find out how young people between the ages of 11 and 13 years managed being HIV-positive. Researchers interviewed 104 young people, their carers and health workers. Some of the young people were interviewed four times, over 18 months.
We hope these stories will help people to understand better what it is like being a young person living with HIV.
We would like to thank the children who took part in Young Lives, their carers and health workers. We are grateful to the Department for International Development (UK Government) for funding and to the organisations who help run the project: Joint Clinical Research Centre, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute, Baylor Uganda, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL.
