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Fighting the stigma of HIV in India

Sekar K. "I come from a good family, but my father became a drunkard. Hs sold the family property and we became poor. Asd the eldest it was my responsibility to take care of the family. After standard 8, I had to go to work. I finally became a truck driver. I was single and worked hard and earned well. In this time I went twice with a commercial sex worker. Eventually I married and had a child. After my child was born I had a recurrence of a Sexually Transmitted Disease. I went for treatment and had an HIV test, which was positive. My wife has also been diagnosed as positive, but my child who is now four, is clear. I am angry with my father, that because of his drinking, I had to give up my education, became a driver and became infected. I want to learn traditional healing methods. My goal in life is to work with traditional healers to collectively find a cure."

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Fighting the Stigma in India
Sekar K. "I come from a good family, but my father became a drunkard. Hs sold the family property and we became poor. Asd the eldest it was my responsibility to take care of the family. After standard 8, I had to go to work. I finally became a truck driver. I was single and worked hard and earned well. In this time I went twice with a commercial sex worker. Eventually I married and had a child. After my child was born I had a recurrence of a Sexually Transmitted Disease. I went for treatment and had an HIV test, which was positive. My wife has also been diagnosed as positive, but my child who is now four, is clear. I am angry with my father, that because of his drinking, I had to give up my education, became a driver and became infected. I want to learn traditional healing methods. My goal in life is to work with traditional healers to collectively find a cure."
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