Activist, Bisi Alimi has revealed that he has been HIV positive for 18 years, having had it since age 29.
Bisi, who is currently 47, stated that he had kept quiet about his HIV status between 2004 - 2009 because of shame and stigma.
Taking to his IG, he said, "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.
"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 realised, 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."
Source: www.clintonsdaily.com
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