Our greatest resource in this respect is young people themselves. An important aspect of dealing with this disease is to destigmatize it. Anybody who is not prevented can be infected. We need to extend compassion, love and care to the victims. They should be neither discriminated nor looked down upon.
Victims deserve dignity and respect which is accorded to every person.
We need to be open about this disease. This is the only way we can deal with it. Let us find ways of removing the prevailing stigma. Accessibility to affordable drugs has been a vexing issue in the past four years. The recent development in South Africa relating to the withdrawal of the suit filed by the large pharmaceutical companies is encouraging.