Marriage a Barrier to ARV Treatment for Swazi Women
by Mantoe Phakathi, IPS, Swaziland– For months, Nonkululeko Msibi could not find her voice each time she wanted to share the news to her husband. She had learned that she was infected with HIV at the age of 16 when delivering her firstborn baby at Swaziland’s Mbabane Government Hospital.
“Although I was shocked by the news, I accepted it,” Msibi told IPS. “But the most difficult part was breaking the news to my husband.”
Her biggest fear was to be thrown out of their marital home should he believe that she had brought HIV into the family.
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