The early days of HIV/Aids

Published: Nov. 30, 2021, 9 a.m.

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