Obruni in Ghana

I've talked to many people living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana. And let me tell you, it's not easy - stigma and discrimination can reach such a level that it's almost impossible to understand (to me). People lose jobs because they're HIV+. They lose families. They lose dignity. They lose everything.

Do you want to attend support group meetings to be able to talk to someone who understands you once a month? You better go to a place that is about 2 hours away from your home so that people don't know where you're going.

When you look at the statistics, you'll see that Ghana is pretty good, compared to the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa, when it comes to prevalence rates. According to the statistics, too, almost 100% of adults know about HIV, how it spreads etc. Knowing is one thing, though, behaving accordingly is another one. And you can't change someone's behavior overnight. Unfortunately...

And so it is...