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The challenge of stigma

[Namibia] Celebrating the opening of Mapilelo AIDS treatment centre in Katima Mulilo. IRIN
    WINDHOEK

    Emma Aina Nulimba is a Red Cross home-based care volunteer in Namibia. HIV-positive herself, she knows the difficulty of living with the virus in communities marked by poverty, and in which stigma remains powerful. She takes IRIN/PlusNews on her rounds to meet the people she tries to help in informal settlements on the outskirts of the capital, Windhoek.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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