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'''Winstone Zulu''' (January 7, 1964 – October 12, 2011) was a [[Zambia]]n [[HIV]] and [[tuberculosis]] activist. Zulu, who became the first Zambian to publicly acknowledge his HIV status in 1990, was considered one of the world's leading HIV and AIDS activists.<ref name=zdm>{{cite news |first=Rebecca |last=Chileshe |title=Winstone Zulu Dies |url=http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/index.php/politics/1078-winstone-zulu-dies |work=[[Zambia Daily Mail]] |publisher= |date=2011-11-02 |accessdate=2011-11-08}}</ref><ref name=gm>{{cite news |first=Stephanie |last=Nolen |title=Zambian was key to reshaping the global response to HIV  |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/deaths/zambian-was-key-to-reshaping-the-global-response-to-hiv/article2202122/singlepage/#articlecontent |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |publisher= |date=2011-11-14 |accessdate=2011-11-08}}</ref> At the time, people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS faced widespread discrimination in Zambia.<ref name=zdm/>
'''Winstone Zulu''' (January 7, 1964 – October 12, 2011) was a [[Zambia]]n HIV and tuberculosis activist. Zulu, who became the first Zambian to publicly acknowledge his HIV status in 1990, was considered one of the world's leading HIV and AIDS activists.<ref name=zdm>{{cite news |first=Rebecca |last=Chileshe |title=Winstone Zulu Dies |url=http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/index.php/politics/1078-winstone-zulu-dies |work=[[Zambia Daily Mail]] |publisher= |date=2011-11-02 |accessdate=2011-11-08}}</ref><ref name=gm>{{cite news |first=Stephanie |last=Nolen |title=Zambian was key to reshaping the global response to HIV  |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/deaths/zambian-was-key-to-reshaping-the-global-response-to-hiv/article2202122/singlepage/#articlecontent |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |publisher= |date=2011-11-14 |accessdate=2011-11-08}}</ref> At the time, people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS faced widespread discrimination in Zambia.<ref name=zdm/>


Zulu was born in [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]], in 1964.<ref name=ltimes>{{cite news |first=|last=|title=Winstone Zulu, the first Zambian to go public on his HIV positive status, has died |url=http://www.lusakatimes.com/2011/10/12/winstone-zulu-zambian-public-hiv-positive-status-died/ |work=[[Lusaka Times]] |publisher= |date=2011-11-12 |accessdate=2011-11-08}}</ref> He was the sixth of his parents' thirteen children.<ref name=ltimes/>
Zulu was born in [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]], in 1964.<ref name=ltimes>{{cite news |first=|last=|title=Winstone Zulu, the first Zambian to go public on his HIV positive status, has died |url=http://www.lusakatimes.com/2011/10/12/winstone-zulu-zambian-public-hiv-positive-status-died/ |work=[[Lusaka Times]] |publisher= |date=2011-11-12 |accessdate=2011-11-08}}</ref> He was the sixth of his parents' thirteen children.<ref name=ltimes/>