"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.
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Breaking my silence about HIVZuwera 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.Show this thread
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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/J1Q2nSO70k2 replies 10 retweets 13 likesShow this thread -
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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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
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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
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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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