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In pictures: Tackling Ethiopia's HIV stigma


Telling the pastor

In Ethiopia, people living with HIV/Aids are often subjected to discrimination, but some religious leaders have been working to overcome the stigma.

Meselech Mekuria did not know how to tell her pastor that she was HIV-positive, but one day after church he came up to her and they started talking.

Today neighbours support her with prayers, with food and with money, which they give to her through Pastor Alemaychu.

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