Mulikat Odutayo, a living example of how to live positively with HIV
and has a healthy son thanks to treatment preventing mother-to-child
transmission of the virus.
© The Global Fund / John Rae
"My baby is negative" - Mulikat Odutayo
Four years ago Mulikat Odutayo was fighting for her life. She went to a chest clinic about a cough that turned out to be tuberculosis, and also found out she was HIV-positive. First she was cured of TB. Then she started treatment for HIV. Mulikat decided to devote her life to counseling others before and after they take the test for HIV. She volunteers at Lagos General Hospital, which gets finance from The Global Fund for test equipment and drugs. The message of hope she brings is that even if they are carrying the HIV virus, they can still live a full and rewarding life. They can even be an HIV-positive mother, like herself. When she finished the TB treatment, she told the doctors she wanted to have a baby. She was advised to wait until her health improved. When that happened, she accessed the family planning program for HIV-positive women and, following mother-to-child transmission prevention care and treatment, gave birth to Mumbarak Aloko. The child is healthy and does not have HIV.
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Born HIV Free 37 months ago | reply
@NaPix: thank you very much for the invitations to your groups.
DrPhotoMoto 37 months ago | reply
Wonderful postive information about this serious topic. I signed the petition. MOTO
pearson_251 37 months ago | reply
More beautiful than any model I've ever seen ..........Great message and one very impressive portrait .
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Born HIV Free 37 months ago | reply
@Moto: Thank you for your comment, but more importantly thank you for your support and signature.
@Pearson: Thanks. Your photostream is amazing especially your serie of portraits.
Dip_44 37 months ago | reply
I saw this in: AiA: World Citizens - Citoyens du Monde - Ciudadanos del Mundo
just.Luc 37 months ago | reply
Absolutely gorgeous double portrait......
I saw this in: AiA: World Citizens - Citoyens du Monde - Ciudadanos del Mundo
Monica Forss 37 months ago | reply
This excellent image definitely belongs to the JOURNALIST★CHRONICLES.
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Photography Life in Focus 37 months ago | reply
Love this wonderful image and story, Seen at:
Tell me a Story...
There still is hope!! Look at this proud mother! Love it!
dorothy mae 37 months ago | reply
Fantastic in Many Ways!!!!!!
Your picture really is a flickr of hope!
Promoting global understanding & expanding hope
pcerisolafernandez 36 months ago | reply
Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo llamado **Social Documentary Photography** 5000 celebrations! y nos encantaría agregar tu foto al grupo.
österreich_ungern 36 months ago | reply
Your photo WINS an Award
From Social Documentary Photography
Alejandra H. Covarrubias 36 months ago | reply
Seen in: ♥ ♥ Social Documentary Photography♥ ♥ (Post 1 Award 5)
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Alejandra H. Covarrubias 36 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Critical Condition: Health, Medicine, and Survival, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Born HIV Free 36 months ago | reply
@ Alejandra: thank your for the comment and the invitation to your group.
pcerisolafernandez 36 months ago | reply
Your photo WINS an Award
From Social Documentary Photography (Post 1 Award 5)
Pablo Suárez - Buenos Aires 36 months ago | reply
You are invited to add this superb documentary picture to:
Social Documentary Photography
milton's 36 months ago | reply
Thank you VERY MUCH for your superb documentary picture.
Seen in: Social Documentary Photography (Post 1 Award 5)
Born HIV Free 36 months ago | reply
@ pcerisolafernandez, pabloherald and Milton's: thank you very much for your comments.
louisa_catlover 35 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Human Faces: Fascinating Just the Way We Are, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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Born HIV Free 35 months ago | reply
@Louisa: thank you for the invitation yo your group.