Thread:EXPERIENCES (3)

I know of an officer in some government Ministry who decided to go public about her being HIV positive and advocated that her employer begins to pay for ARVs for anyone requiring treatment at a time the drugs were not stocked by government hospitals. Management in this Ministry started paying for treatment of all those who disclosed their status. These infected officers began to have talks with the rest of the Ministry personnel about the need to test and seek treatment.

In terms of "talk in the corridors" those living with HIV and AIDS are called all sorts of names, usually in local languages, which are degrading