Fatima Sanni thought her life was over when she tested HIV positive in 2019. When the result came, it said I was HIV positive,” says Sanni, the youngest of her husband’s four wives. Her husband, two other wives and another child also tested positive. “We do not want children to come out of their mother’s womb HIV positive, even when their mothers are positive,” says programme director, Aisha Dadi. Lafiyan Yara trains birth attendants and provides them with gloves, face masks and HIV testing kits.

Source: The Guardian September 10, 2022 18:54 UTC