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Witness History: The early days of HIV/Aids

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The early days of HIV/Aids

30/11/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The early days of HIV/Aids

The experience of a Ugandan-born woman diagnosed with HIV in the early days of the virus.

The HIV virus was first identified by medical experts in a journal article in 1981. In the early days of the epidemic, carriers of the virus were stigmatised and treatment was in its infancy. Alan Johnston talks to Ugandan-born Winnie Ssanyu Sseruma about her experiences of having HIV back in the 1980s.

PHOTO:  Winnie Ssanyu Sseruma

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