Even teachers shunned kids of woman with HIV - Tales of torment and discrimination

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Even teachers shunned kids of woman with HIV - Tales of torment and discrimination

Althea was 27 years old and pregnant when she found out that she was HIV-positive. “It was already rumoured in my community before I did my test due to a prior relationship my partner had. So I was already expecting the positive result. I was just...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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