We all know how difficult it is to provide care and counselling, especially in a rural setting where there are other illnesses like diarrhea and dysentery. I would appeal for some kind of assistance to give that kind of support and to try and create more awareness of prevention in the rest of the rural communities, particularly for those of us who are not yet affected and for the younger generation. I can tell you quite frankly, I'm so afraid of this disease. And because I am dreading it, it must affect my relationship with my partner. I can assure you that AIDS information, the way it has been mishandled, has created more separations and divorces than ever before.
People are full of distrust.
They're full of fear and they're not enjoying themselves because they're waiting to be told that they are positive. It used to be syphilis, now you've got a killer disease. It's bad enough, without the AIDS component, that a lot of husbands and wives are not talking. All the neighbors would run away from her. Her husband would also run away from her, and maybe her children would leave.