The writer Leila Sheikh (in black) is a Senior Journalist; producer of documentaries and Social Justice Defender.
By Leila Sheikh
1. After her second baby was born Eileen was advised by her doctor to undergo Voluntary Counselling and Testing for HIV (VCT). She did and was found to be HIV positive. When she gave the results of the test to her husband, he hit her and hurt her badly and she was taken to hospital for treatment where they refused to treat her without a Police Form (PF3).
At the Police Station she showed them the results of her HIV test and the two Police Officers told her “You are lucky he did not kill you”.
By then E was contemplating suicide. It was her sister’s friend who knew a woman who knew an activist for PLHIV (People Living with HIV/AIDS) Rights, who arranged a meeting between E and the activist.
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