Institute of Development Studies 11d ago

Kataba Is My Home is a powerful short film from Kampala’s Kabalagala neighbourhood, telling the story of young men living with HIV as they live amid deepening aid cuts and receding support structures. Made through participatory research, the film follows friends navigating treatment adherence, disclosure, precarious work, housing insecurity, and relationships — revealing how global health funding decisions translate into everyday uncertainty. Eschewing statistics and policy jargon, the film insists on lived experience, challenging simplified narratives of “resilience” and showing how survival depends on fragile social and economic conditions shaped far beyond Uganda. Read more about the research here: https://www.ids.ac.uk/projects/tackling-inequities-in-hiv-aids-treatment-failure-and-mortality-in-kampala-uganda-through-participatory-research-with-young-men-on-the-social-determinants-of-health/