'My reverend told me that he had prayed for me and that I had been healed," Mary Jere says, her wide eyes glazing. "So I stopped taking the HIV medication."

It is early morning in Mzimba, a sleepy town in northern Malawi, and although there is no service today Jere is sitting on a pew in the front row of the church. Instead of the usual congregation, the seats are filling with the members of the local HIV community support group.

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