“I’m here because I have four children,” explains a 48-year-old sex worker, who asked that her name not be used. Today she is being tested for HIV at a mobile health clinic, run by the volunteers of the Association for the Promotion of Mother, Child and Family Health (APROSAM) which is supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
It’s Tuesday morning and the children of the heavily populated neighbourhood of Abobo are warming up for a day of study. Once they pass fifth grade, they will have to present their Birth Registration papers. This means that at least half of them will not be able to present the state exams and continue their schooling.
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