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Zulu was born in Lusaka, Zambia, in 1964.
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Zulu, who became the first Zambian to publicly acknowledge his Human Immunodeficiency Virus status in 1990, was considered one of the world"s leading Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome activists. At the time, people diagnosed with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome faced widespread discrimination in Zambia. In 1990, Zulu made headlines by becoming the first person to announce his Human Immunodeficiency Virus status in the country.
He became one of the first Africans to become involved in the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome crisis on a worldwide level
Zulu was further diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1997. He explained in the late 1990s, "Tuberculosis treatment gives patients more time.
They shouldn’t have died."
Zulu noted the link between Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome status of patients and a diagnosis with tuberculosis. From 1997 to 2011, Zulu called for increased financial investments to fight the spread of tuberculosis, as well as Tuberculosis cases directly related to Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Former South African President Nelson Mandela spoke of Zulu saying, "There have been so few Tuberculosis survivors who have stepped forward to share their stories.
We need more advocates like Winstone to tell the world about Tuberculosis and the effect it has on so many millions of people."
Zulu was taken to University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka on October 11, 2011.
He died from complications of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome at the hospital during the early morning hours of October 12, 2011.
