Dignitas

This Mother’s Day, Give the Gift of Life.

Every year hundreds of thousands of babies are infected with HIV by the people who love, protect and care for them the most – their mothers.

Dignitas International honours Co-Founder James Fraser

After nine years of service, Dignitas International’s Co-Founder James Fraser, has stepped down from his position as President and CEO to pursue other endeavours.The Dignitas community is deeply grateful for James’s tremendous contribution and unwavering dedication to justice and equality. He will continue to inspire us as we work towards the vision of Dignitas: to ensure that everyone has access to health care, regardless of wealth, gender, or geography.

Beautiful Lives behind the Silent Numbers of a TB Epidemic

A Yale University lecturer and epidemiologist, Jonathan Smith spent years charting the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic among South African gold miners when he realized that numbers alone did not convey the scope of the health disaster. Rather than compile grim death statistics, Smith traced the lives of four miners who had contracted TB and HIV while working in the mines. In his resulting film, They Go To Die, Smith picks up the story as the men arrive home to their South African villages, capturing intimate moments with family and friends.