[3] He lost four of his brothers to tuberculosis during his lifetime due to little access to anti-TB drugs, widely available in other countries.
[2] The deaths of his brothers and his own diagnosis led Zulu to focus his advocacy on behalf of tuberculosis patients and efforts to curb the disease.
[3] From 1997 to 2011, Zulu called for increased financial investments to fight the spread of tuberculosis, as well as TB cases directly related to HIV and AIDS.
[3] Former South African President Nelson Mandela spoke of Zulu saying, "There have been so few TB survivors who have stepped forward to share their stories.
The statue of Anti Retroviral Man in front of the Lusaka National Museum is made out of old hospice beds on which thousands of people have died of AIDS.