Ugandan Celebrities Living With Hiv

Children below the age of 15 account for 11 per cent of the 1 6 million ugandans living with hiv 2013 estimates.

Ugandan celebrities living with hiv.

Chuck panozzo real name charles salvatore is an american musician who is best known as the bass player for the rock band styx. In 2016 hiv prevalence in uganda was estimated at 7 3 and 24 of people with tb were co infected with hiv 55. Hiv is a virus that weakens a person s immune system by destroying cd4 cells a type of white blood cell. Here are 5 of them.

Some mzansi celebrity gossip has wrongly claimed that some mzansi celebrities are carrying the virus due to their sudden and conspicuous weight loss such as the famous and vocal politician malema. These celebrities have however strongly refuted these claims. Let s meet thirteen of them below. Aids is a pandemic.

While there s still no cure for hiv it s highly manageable with antiretroviral therapy. In 2001 panozzo announced that he was gay and living with full. In 2007 an estimated 33 2 million people lived with the disease worldwide and it killed an estimated 2 1 million people including 330 000 children. Mzansi celebrities living with hiv.

Though he is the most recent celebrity to. De shields came out as living with hiv in an interview with thebody in 2020 after three decades of keeping his status private. These 10 celebrities are also living with hiv. He said he had.

Tuberculosis tb remains a major issue for people living with hiv in uganda. The following celebrities have proven so by being an inspiration choosing to use their fame to discuss their hiv status and to advocate for compassion and awareness around hiv hoping to help others to do the same. In a 2011 interview with drum magazine bala spoke openly about living with hiv. Below are the mzansi hiv celebrities.

Lesego motsepe who was known for her role as lettie matabane in isidingo disclosed her status on world aids day in 2011. First of all i love myself de shields said. However there are a couple of celebrities with hiv who are still alive to date. With the roll out of option b there has been a significant drop in new mother to child hiv infections from 8 7 per cent in september 2012 to 7 9 per cent in 2017 unaids estimates.

Hiv is the leading risk factor for development of tb and tb is the leading cause of death among people with hiv.