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In Absence of Evidence is a documentary film that tells the bold story of Elmi Muller, a South African female surgeon who performed the world’s first HIV-to-HIV kidney transplant in 2008. At a time of HIV denialism in South Africa, where patients with end-stage renal disease and HIV had no treatment options, she pioneered an established procedure on a stigmatized population. Currently the chair of the surgical division at the University of Cape Town, Dr. Muller, was the first surgeon in the world to perform this lifesaving treatment and has paved the path for health equity around the world. |