Dorothy Mirembe, from Nsambya a suburb of Kampala in Uganda, is a smiling, energetic woman who is full of life. It's hard to imagine that ten years ago she was pale and thin, and hid herself from the world.
"I used to cover myself like Muslims so that no one would recognise me," she says. "I was so thin that the wind blowing could push me down. I avoided contact with people and spent most of the time indoors and lonely. Not even my relatives could come near me. I was in self stigma, I was traumatised and living in discrimination."
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