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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Oct 13

    "I could not continue to keep this secret inside me after 11 years." This is how Zuwera spoke out about her illness. She told her story on our Talk It Out series, part of our new health programme, Life Clinic. 👇pic.twitter.com/oiDDPNzSCW

    Breaking my silence about HIV
    Zuwera was told she was HIV positive 11 years ago, but to this day she hadn't told her family. She decided the time has come to break her silence and tell her uncle.
    3:40 AM - 13 Oct 2018
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    • Benson Alley Jumaa Ossy paul@samwel Modou lamin Mensah Mary Ethel Vincent Maloba JSAS ImAdElShEikH
    8 replies 126 retweets 180 likes
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      2. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Oct 13

        Criselda Kananda @positivegp joined us to discuss Zuwera's story and her own experience of finding out she’s HIV positive. She says it was like an “awakening”:pic.twitter.com/J1Q2nSO70k

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      3. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Oct 13

        HIV researcher Dr. Peter Cherutich says that people who have HIV can lead full lives. "We have the tools now to enable people who are infected with HIV to live a full life. In fact, the life expectancy is equal to that of somebody who is not infected with HIV.”pic.twitter.com/ZVlwrIaYlT

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      4. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Oct 13

        Despite this, as Zuwera mentioned in her film, many people like her are afraid to speak out about HIV because of the fear of gossip and alienation. Here’s what @positivegp had to say about that:pic.twitter.com/2bjerARhlP

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      5. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Oct 13

        BBC Africa’s health correspondent Sylvia Chebet had a look at the numbers, and this is what you need to know about the countries with the highest HIV burden on the continent:pic.twitter.com/qtKuWmhvsw

        Countries with the biggest HIV burden in Africa
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      6. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Oct 13

        Watch more films in our Talk It Out series on our YouTube channel - new brave, powerful stories coming every week:http://bit.ly/talkitoutfilms 

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      1. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Oct 13
        Replying to @Kpbrown75

        Thanks for your beautiful message Karen!

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      1. Anne Mawathe‏ @Mawathe Oct 13
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        @afyawatchke @NACC_Kenya @LuluHassan @wfayzah @Fchurii

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      1. Gaylord ashavin‏ @Gaylordasha Oct 13
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Its one o the most difficult thingz to publicly announce yo status, thts intrepidity @ its penacle n thes wil also assist atha' livin o affected wif it. N it wil also hlp n alleviatin the malady

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      1. Munnabyadda Ssalongo Mpanyaddungu‏ @MunnabyaddaM Oct 13
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        You have done a great job. Thanks so much for letting the public know.

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      1. Milly‏ @Milly12605095 Oct 13
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        You have done a good thing my sister.God will see you through.

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      1. Dont scare Me, colonizer‏ @Skaffeke Oct 13
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        SURINAMESE PEOPLE #Suriname #Suriname #Suriname #Suriname #Suriname #Suriname #Suriname #WORLD

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