Mr. Chipanta's mission has taken him to Australia, Botswana, Britain, Canada, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kenya, Malawi, Malta, Senegal, South Africa. Switzerland and Zimbabwe. At the World AIDS Conference in Geneva in June he made a passionate appeal to African governments to protect the rights of those afflicted by the disease. He urges African governments to cut down on military spending and luxuries and invest more in healthcare. Most hospitals in Africa are death-traps because drugs are always scarce and it is difficult for medical authorities to treat opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis.
Many people die prematurely because of opportunistic infections.
He himself leads a normal life, drinks a beer occasionally and enjoys travelling. Though unmarried, he has a partner and he says they always use a condom. He is always busy. If he is not travelling, he is planning strategies for the expansion of the Zambian Network, often holding discussion groups and counselling sessions late into the night. He admits that he sometimes feels low or disappointed, especially when friends and colleagues die of the disease.