Living Positively

By Muratanya Reuben, Client Support Staff
Maua Community Health Information Center
Edited by Evelyn Beck

A young couple visited the Maua-Meru Community Health Information Center (CHIC) and requested that they access information on HIV/AIDS. As the client support staffer took them through the CD, he learnt that the couple was married and they were both HIV positive. Their attitude towards the disease was most encouraging, for they were not afraid to talk about their status despite the fact that stigma is still rife in the community.

Their major concern was whether they could bear a child who was not infected with the virus. The couple was very grateful to the CHIC because of the amount of information that they were able to access, which would help them live positively. The client support staff then referred the couple to a VCT for more information about their major concern.

"I look forward to seeing this couple healthier and stronger in future. This will be a testimony that WiRED CHICs are not established in vain," said the client support staff member.

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