Orphaned, Raped and Living in Fear of Deadly Disease

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On International Aids Day, the theme of which is women and girls, Rhodri Phillips meets a Ugandan teenager raped two years ago, who is unsure if she and her baby are HIV positive. Pictures by Tim McGuinness.

The windowless hut the family call home is cold and waterlogged.

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Orphaned, Raped and Living in Fear of Deadly Disease

Despite the chill, 19-year-old Pauline Nakato is sweating as she nurses her 10-month-old baby Stella, recently returned from hospital after a bout of malaria.

Pauline was orphaned aged eight and has spent her c...

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