AN EPITOME OF STRUGGLE TO SUCCESS
AN EPITOME OF STRUGGLE AND SUCCESS Whitney Magdalene 23 years has been living positively since birth. But at the age of 20 she became pregnant, and that when she was uncertain whether her baby would survive given her HIV positive status. This made her frustrated and she wanted to get rid of the baby, because she did not want to bring a HIV positive baby to the world. ‘In 2021 after finishing my form 4 in 2020, I became pregnant and it forced me to relocate to my cousin place. I stopped taking my ART medication for 3months because I just loosed hope in life. And I knew no matter what my unborn baby would turn positive. At that time, I didn’t know more about prevention of mother to child transmission’ she says Witney received significant support from Pathway to Change Initiative ( formerly UCAHAEC), under the PLHIV case management that promotes adherence among people living with HIV, and is now living a healthy life as she devotedly adheres to her medication. Through her suppo