Actress, Playwright And Advocate Danai Gurira Partners With Johnson & Johnson To Help End HIV/AIDS As She Addresses Global Citizen And Visits HIV Clinical Trial In South Africa

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Dec 03, 2018, 16:22 ET

JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

Actress, playwright and activist Danai Gurira hit the red carpet at the Mandela 100 Global Citizen Festival in Johannesburg before making a powerful and emotional speech at the event spotlighting the women across Africa who are participating in a clinical trial of a Johnson & Johnson vaccine that could help to prevent HIV. "Today, we are much closer to preventing HIV– and that was something none of us could ever have imagined." #makeHIVhistory.

(Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Global Citizen 2018)

3rd December 2018: Actress, playwright and activist Danai Gurira visits Aurum Tembisa Clinic leaders in South Africa to learn about the advancements being made by Johnson & Johnson to help prevent HIV in the Imbokodo trial. #makeHIVhistory

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