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Activist celebrates 18 years HIV experience
Nigerian Blog writer and HIV advocate, Bisi Alimi, has shared his 18 years ordeal of living with the Human Immune Virus (HIV).
He posted his experience so far on his Instagram page. “Eighteen years ago, at the National AIDS conference in Abuja and with nudging from friends, I walked into a testing booth for the first time”, he said.
He wrote, “Family members, friends spearheaded our stigmatization. I walked out with HIV positive test result. Two years before then, I had just lost my best friend to AIDS, and he was around 26yrs.
“I have been living with HIV since I was 29, this year I clocked 47. Between 2004-2009, I kept quiet about my HIV status cos of shame and stigma.
“Then I realized, HIV doesn’t kill, it is stigma, the shame, and the discrimination that does. Here is to 18yrs of positivity and many more years to come. Please get tested today.”
