"the term used when one partner is HIV positive and the other is HIV negative. Robert Ochweda and Millicent Akoth of Kenya are one such couple. She is HIV positive she caught the virus from her former husband. He is a fisherman who is HIV negative. After the two of them fell in love, he says he was afraid to marry her lest he contract the virus."
"His wife takes antiretroviral pills that reduce her viral load, so she does not face the risk of death from AIDS. And those pills also reduce the risk that she will infect her husband. This year, couples in this category are especially anxious. They say that, in the wake of the Trump administration's dramatic foreign aid cuts and dismantling of USAID, the agency that supported health-related programs, it's become harder to find the pills and condoms that keep them safe."
Serodiscordant couples include one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner. Robert Ochweda and Millicent Akoth of Kenya are such a couple; she contracted HIV from a former husband and he remains HIV-negative. Ochweda uses condoms and PrEP; his wife takes antiretroviral therapy that lowers her viral load, reducing her AIDS risk and the chance of transmission. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states most condoms are highly effective in preventing HIV. Recent foreign aid cuts and the dismantling of USAID have made obtaining prevention pills and condoms harder. Caleb Ochieng and Diana Odhiambo report shock at her diagnosis during pre-marital testing and received counseling on condom use and voluntary male circumcision.
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