05/09/2023
Back in 1991, at the height of the AIDS scourge in Uganda, 25 adults (13F and 12 M) who tested HIV positive in Gulu district, declared their positive HIV status and formed a community group called Dyere Tek, with the aim to support each other, resolving to live positively, amidst the then heightened trend of stigmatization against persons living with HIV/ AIDS. With the support of Gulu Main Hospital, the group was trained in community counseling, and in awareness raising, in order to promote voluntary HIV testing and open positive living for those testing positive, and acceptance and support from family and community members towards them, as well as to promote government programmes on prevention of the spread of the disease.
