By: Black Pepper

Black Pepper — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Change Awareness Strategies. This article protrays a very similar picture of the situation here in SA. However the difference is we have hundreds of campiagns that deal with HIV/Aids awareness. We are exposed to all kinds of media that goes further that the basics but also explores most if not all related issues. We the people have been educated and scare tactics have even been used to try and capture the real element of HIV and living with the disease. All this in vain? No really. Only a handful have been sensetized to not onlt being aware but also taking action to ensure that those who are not infected, keep to that status; and those who are already infected do re-infect themselves (jeapordising their livelihoods) and do not infect others.
Having worked in this sector for some time…I know that most of us have become immune to the messages that are in our faces informing us to use protection…Sometimes it becomes real but mostly we say “It won’t happen to me…not in my circles.” But when we go out and use “recreational agents” in the name of fun we loose all inhibition and reality. Thereby allowing for opportunities to get infected by not taking the necessary precautions. And we think all is well even though your mind is struggling to come to terms with the decisions made in the heat of moment and lack of sensebility…Fear, regret, stress, depression, isolation, panic all take over and we end up going back to where we began trying to convince ourselves to forget it ever happened. We do this instead of taking the bull by the horn and doing the necessary at this stage. Going for an HIV test. Taking charge of our lives…Because really, IT’S BETTER TO KNOW then be blind to reality only to realize much too late that something could have been done to change the situation around.
This disease is real. KNOW YOUR STATUS and TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE. Be responsible and live a happier and more fulfilled life not surrounded by fear and uncertainty. GET COUNSELLED AND TESTED.

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By: Black Pepper