Close up of a gloved healthcare worker collecting a blood sample from a fingertip for an hiv test
A healthcare worker conducts an HIV test by collecting a blood sample from a patients fingertipsymbolizing a vital step in Africas historic journey toward an HIV cure

This image shows a close up of a healthcare worker using a sterile lancet to collect a blood sample from a patients fingertip The procedure is part of routine hiv testing and symbolizes the broader healthcare efforts underway in africa As the continent embarks on its first clinical hiv cure trial such tests continue to play a critical role in both prevention and research