CASE STORY FROM UNIQUE STAR DEC YOUTH ASSOCIATION

In the year 2006, I started feeling fever and body pain. I went to buy medicine from the chemist. After taking the medicine the fever continued, and I went to a General hospital for treatment, The doctor and prescribed drugs, but the sickness degenerated. By this time both cough and skin problem started to manifest. When I consulted the doctor again I was asked to go for a laboratory test. After the test I was told that I had Tuberculosis and Malaria parasite, so they started giving me Tuberculosis and malaria treatment. As I was taking the treatment those symptoms subsided, but after a while they appeared and became worse. I continued to receive the treatment till the beginning of 2008; but instead of getting better my condition became worse. I had to abandon the orthodox medicine and went to a native doctor. Before this time my husband started to feel the same sickness. Both of us went to the native doctor, and he promised that he will cure us. After the monetary arrangements, he started giving us native medicine, which we took for over six months, but our conditions worsened.
In the last quarter of 2008, we had to go back to orthodox medicine. We consulted another medical doctor and after a series of tests the doctor recommended another treatment that lasted for four months. Within this time our health improved, but immediately we stopped treatment, the sickness re-surfaced. During the time DEC ENUGU HIV/AIDS was launched in my community. After the launching, the youth mobilizer, who happens to reside in our own part of the community, saw me and asked me about my health. After hearing from me,