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Sunday Times (Johannesburg) - May 9, 2006
"We are all affected, or infected, by this disease and it is therefore very important to know your status. Silence is as big a killer as HIV/Aids itself, and we believe the Sunday Times campaign will help the fight against the stigma and discrimination associated with the disease. We wish the campaign well," he said.
Everyone Knows Someone is a Sunday Times campaign to encourage people to know their HIV status and to destigmatise the disease. We would like readers to share their experiences of how they have coped with the disease. We would also like to publish personal experiences (and, where readers feel comfortable, photos) of South Africans living with HIV or caring for a loved one with the virus. The stories will appear either in the newspaper or on our website. We will use as many stories as we can.
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