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Thumbi Ndung'u

Thumbi Ndung'u

Kenyan Researcher and virologist

Jun 15, 2026

23:30
okay
23:31
because people who are living with HIV would like to get cured of HIV they want something they want an alternative to daily antiretroviral medication so a lot of people living with HIV when you talk to them and ask them what challenges do they have and what would they like to see they will tell you I wish there was something that could cure me of HIV so that I don't have to take medication all the time.
23:59
So in that sense, it's not that difficult.
24:02
But on the other hand, it is difficult because we keep telling people living with HIV that you must take antiretroviral medication for the rest of your life.
24:15
So here you are, you're coming and saying, actually, I am doing some kind of work, some research to see whether people can live without and retroviral medication, which is not an easy message to communicate.
24:32
So what we have done is to work with communities.
24:36
And this actually encompasses a lot of my work, is that I do a lot of work with the community, teaching them and having a dialogue with them so that there is mutual learning and respect for the kind of work that we do.
29:10
And so we asked ourselves,

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