While antiretroviral treatment is not a cure for HIV, these pills can reduce the amount virus living in the body of a person living with HIV. On this week’s episode of Sister’s Without Shame, women’s health activist, Lucy Khofi unpacks the triggers behind defaulting HIV treatment in Mzansi.

According to Khofi, the burden of HIV is disproportionately higher among women of reproductive age. ARV drugs don’t cure HIV, but they can reduce the amount of virus in the body of someone living with HIV. This keeps the immune system strong enough to fight off disease.

Khofi is the founder of the Women’s Health Ekklēsia NPO, an organisation that tackles the reproductive realities and advocates for justice while uplifting, empowering, and educating individuals.