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My battle with HIV and cancer of the vulva

Serah Mwangi teaches English and Literature and Afraha High School in Nakuru County. [Harun Wathari, Standard]

In 1997, my husband died from a HIV/AIDS related illness. But before he died, he confessed it.

I suspected I was infected as well but I didn’t have courage to go for the test, I was also in denial. I lived in denial for a while convincing myself that I was not infected.

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