When Nilsa Hernandez left her native Venezuela for neighboring Brazil, it was a matter of life or death for the now 64-year-old activist.
A crisis in her home country meant she no longer had access to the life-saving medical care necessary to keep her viral load undetectable.“I began to feel the consequences on my health.
That’s why I immigrated to Brazil. It was the way out because I wanted to live,” recounts Hernandez.So, she picked up her life, leaving practically all she had ever known behind.
Hernandez moved from Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela to Rio Branco, the capital of the Brazilian state of Roraima, where she could access treatment through the country’s public health system.