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HIV Stigma and discrimination killed my father

I was in form two when my father was diagnosed to be HIV positive. I had to leave school and look after my father because he was so ill and no one was there to take care of him. My mother had divorced my dad so I had no other option but to be there for him.

I made sure my father took his medication on time and ate well. The community around us was so harsh to us. No one wanted to associate with us at all. We were treated like outcasts. My father was the talk in the village each and every single day.

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