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Mother of Mercy Hospice, Chilanga 1999, An AIDS patient is being bathed in Chilanga 'Mother of Mercy' hospice. The hospice was built for terminally ill patients by the Dutch woman Pola van der Donck. Chilanga, Zambia, October 1999.

No Medicine, Dr. David Loestsier, a Dutch doctor, in the operating room of the Kaoma Hospital. The government spends $2.50 a year per person on medical care. Kaoma, Zambia, October 1999.

Dying at Home, Emelia Legnalanga, 45, is dying of AIDS. Her husband died in 1991 and she had two children. She is taken care of by her eldest sister. Near Chilanga, Zambia, March 2000.

Lylian, age 34, Although 1 our of 3 is infected with the HIV-virus, AIDS is still a taboo. Lylian, 34, had AIDS and is afraid to come out of her hut because of the way she looks. Near Chilanga, Zambia, March 2000.

Zambia, one of the poorest countries in Africa, is ravages by AIDS. The prognosis is horrifying, twenty percent of its nine million inhabitants will die of AIDS in the next ten years, and this is a conservative estimate. It is rumored that one in…

Exhaustion, Rebecca is too exhausted by the demands of her illness to play with her son Josh.

Tube-fed, Natalie inserts her naso-gastric tube. Her digestive system has collapsed and she is no longer able to ingest solid food.

Argument, Marie and her husband Kerry are finding their relationship strained due to her relapse into anorexia.

Disabled, Natalie is disabled after 30 years of anorexia. Her career, Heather, helps her to her feet.

Operation, Natalie reviews her flat chest after having her breast implants removed. She has been anorexic since the age of seven and never developed breasts.