Kill The Stigma Now

Stigmatization of people living with HIV has been one sure route to death that these people have suffered and it is high time that those not affected understand that being HIV positive is no longer a death sentence.

Here's a story of a man who has been HIV positive for long how and has raised a Family of HIV negative Children

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 According to his Facebook post, 34-year-old Andrew Pulsipher has been HIV positive all his life. 

He was infected prenatally, and both his parents passed away from the disease. He could have easily suffered a similar fate. Most people born with HIV and who are not treated pass away between the ages of 3 and 7; Pulsipher wasn’t treated until age 8.

He grew up with his aunt, uncle and cousins, rarely divulging the truth about his condition to anyone, in order to have as normal a childhood as possible.

Today, the virus is undetectable in Pulsipher’s blood, meaning that his medications are working brilliantly.

He also has a wife and three children ages 5, 3 and 1, all of whom are HIV negative.

 “I am sharing this with you because for the first time I can be completely honest with myself and others,” Pulsipher writes.

“This has taken me a very long time to be comfortable with (almost 34 years!). I know HIV has a negative stigma, but that it doesn’t have to and I want to help change that. It is a treatable disease and you can live a normal life with it. I am proof of that.”