Living with HIV an uphill battle
Mohana Rosario is like many people living with HIV in the world today. The 30-year-old mother of four from Manikganj District, 75km from the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, faces an uphill battle caring for herself and her family.
But her story is also one of intense tragedy. In September 2005 and pregnant with her fourth child, her husband, a local car mechanic, went for a swim in the sea and never returned.
"It was as if I drowned in the sea and not my husband," Mohana said in the waiting lounge of Ashar Alo (Light of Hope) Society - one of a handful of local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Bangladesh working to provide counselling, psychosocial and medical support to those living with HIV.
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