Break the silence

Break the silence
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The Last Paladin

HIV – The disease that people are generally afraid of telling out due to the fear of rejection. Organizations around the world are doing their best to remove the fear and increase awareness of HIV/AIDS.

I saw this advertisement in a news paper on Sunday. A great deed by a family that told openly that the groom is HIV positive. I’ve heard of family men who denied that they were first affected after testing for HIV resulted in positive.A good family life is possible for him if he gets a HIV positive girl, because their child can be protected from HIV (in pregency) with medicines.

But look at the irony, a person earning a million an year should be well educated. Such a person was negligent about HIV and ignored the preventive measures (if it was due to sexual contact).

Some states have made HIV test mandatory before marriage, but I doubt if any arranged marriages will actually do this.

Break the silence. HIV is a taboo today, let’s hope everyone will speak about this openly.