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Yinka Otoki
Yinka Otoki is a journalist with 'Voice of Nigeria'. This article is part of a series from alumni of a Thomson Reuters Foundation HIV/AIDS reporting course held in Bangkok in November 2008. Any opinions are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.
NIGERIA: Former nurse battles HIV discrimination in the work place
26 Nov 2008 14:10:00 GMT
Author: Yinka Otoki

Faced with the uphill task of trying to persuade Nigerian private companies not to discriminate against people with HIV, Olusina Falana has come up with an imaginative plan.

The idea is to send a person living with the virus into a company to show its managers and workers they have nothing to fear, and to encourage others who may be HIV-positive to be open about their situation.

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