HIV can have a devastating effect on people and their families, particularly if they are poor and unemployed. Without treatment you may be too ill to work, but without money you might not get the treatment you need. MBALI JILI* (25) told Zimasa Matiwane about her struggle to get onto treatment and hold down a job at the same time.
I have been HIV positive for five years. About two years ago my CD4 count dropped really low and I started taking anti-retroviral treatment (ARVs). But it took two months after the doctor ordered the treatment for me to receive it.
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