Interview 39  

Interview 39

Age at Interview: 38
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 36
Background: A highly educated 38 year-old married black African man with 2 children.

Brief outline:He was admitted to hospital very ill and was diagnosed with HIV. He was put on Septrin because of his low T cell count. He gained social work assistance in hospital, and is hopeful about his immigration application. (Video and audio clips read by an actor.)

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Says that some Africans may believe that only thin and sickly looking people can have HIV while people who appear healthy do not. (Read by an actor.)

 



So I think that's the problem that we are facing there. So every person thinks that it won't catch me, it will catch another person because of the way the message is told. It's very, very difficult yeah. And in the end, the message is lost… 

Because if, for example if I see two women and one is good looking and the other one is thin. You see I would take that the one who is thin to be HIV positive. So I'm looking at the outside. So I mean, so that's the reason why. 

When somebody's healthy, they're considered to be fit and free from HIV. But if a person from…. they are just born thin and you know sickly, they're taken to be HIV positive. You could be going round and yet you have it. And you're passing it over and you don't know, just because you look healthy.

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