A Nigerian man identified as Salisu Ahmed has shared his
experience living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) for 31 years.
In a recent interview with reality star Doyin David, Ahmed
revealed that he contracted the virus after his first extramarital sexual
encounter.
He discussed the stigma he faced, including being denied
access to a shared toilet and bathroom, losing his teaching job, and being abandoned
by his wife and children.
“I am Salisu Ahmed, I have been living with this virus for
31 years,” he said.
“The first experiment
of going outside my matrimonial home is how it happened. It has been proven
that about 85 to 90 percent of people living with HIV contracted this thing
through sexual intercourse.
“I was denied the use of the bathroom of the compound, I was
not allowed to access the toilet, I was formerly a teacher so I was asked
honourably to stop coming to the school.
“She packed everything including the children at home, they
left me.”
In July, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA)
reported that an estimated two million Nigerians are living with HIV.
In May, the Biochemist Practitioners Association of Nigeria
(BPAoN) said it has developed a potential natural treatment for HIV/AIDS after
passing through four control phases.
The association added that the treatment could potentially
eliminate life-threatening viruses from the human circulatory system.
In 2022, a 66-year-old man was cured of HIV after undergoing
a stem cell transplant.
According to a statement by the City of Hope Medical Centre,
US, where the procedure took place, the man experienced remission from the
virus after stopping antiretroviral therapy (ART) for the disease.
The centre said the patient was the fourth in the world and
the oldest to go into long-term remission of HIV after receiving stem cells
from a donor with a rare genetic mutation.
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