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Fighting the stigma of HIV in India

Sandra - "I knew very little about AIDS. I thought it was a sex workers disease, and promiscuous peoples disease. I used to think they deserved it. They should have married and had one partner. I always thought it could never happen to me. I never believed my husband could have it, I always trusted him. After he died my in-laws wouldn't let me use the toilets, the crockery, nothing: They thought that if my glass was on the table, they might use it and become infected, and they were even afraid of mosquito bites. Eventually they threw me out. If it hadn't been for the support of the rest of the community, I don't know what I would have done. I think about the sickness and death of my husband. I was there to look after him; he was wholly dependent on me. When the time comes for me to fall sick, who will be there for me?"

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Fighting the Stigma in India
Sandra - "I knew very little about AIDS. I thought it was a sex workers disease, and promiscuous peoples disease. I used to think they deserved it. They should have married and had one partner. I always thought it could never happen to me. I never believed my husband could have it, I always trusted him. After he died my in-laws wouldn't let me use the toilets, the crockery, nothing: They thought that if my glass was on the table, they might use it and become infected, and they were even afraid of mosquito bites. Eventually they threw me out. If it hadn't been for the support of the rest of the community, I don't know what I would have done. I think about the sickness and death of my husband. I was there to look after him; he was wholly dependent on me. When the time comes for me to fall sick, who will be there for me?"
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