There is a call for more to be done to help families first of all accept that a loved one is HIV positive and secondly and most important, to give the infected person the support they need.
“I don’t see any programme geared for providing strength to assist families… the family has a vital role in this fight because first of all the government, NGOs can’t do everything and who next is in line – the family, and I have seen it with issues developing in my family… they need that help,” said an infected HIV activist.
Brian (not his real name) has been