I would agree with you that the issue is delicate one which needs to be
treated with care.Both the swedish authority and the friends of the
gentleman should act responsibily and treat him love,humility and respect.He
shouldn't be isolated,discriminated or humiliated because of the
illness.Once this issue is malhandled,more problem will be created because
those with the disease will not have the courage come out plain as this
gentleman did.

HIV-AIDS epidemic is a global concern as it is ravaging our young,strong and
energetic population who are the very resources we entirely depend on.Thus a
fight against this dreadful disease is a matter of must.As there is no cure
and it is also difficult to identify patients with HIV-AIDS, we heavily rely
on the honest of those patients to reveal themselves.It is therefore our
duty to respect them, give them support, care and love.By so doing they will
have the courage to come plain to us. Infact we need them more than  they
need us,lets be mindful of what we say or do to them.

It is important to note that the disease respect no boundary,no colour,no
nationality or any other social status.It can effect everybody at any time
if one is not mindful in what he/she does.It would be a naive action for any
authority to molest or prejudice someone of the illness.




>From: Saho Omar Sheik BD06-GSOS
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: 31 YEAR OLD GAMBIAN UNMASKED AS HIV-MAN IN STOCKHOLM
>Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 15:07:53 +0100
>
>This case is indeed a very sad one therefore I am appealing to each and
>everyone of us to
>cautious about the whole case. It is fact that HIV/AIDS is the night mere
>of the past century
>and millenium. I have benn working with this issue over 9 years and have
>achieved
>experience both here nasjonal and international through conference, course
>and benn a
>board member of the European Working Committe from 1994-1999 which is an
>advising
>organ for the European  Union on Migrants and Ethnic Minirities and
>HIV/AIDS.
>
>The reason for writing this piece is we have to be have in the back of our
>memories the
>"Africans HIV/AIDS saga with the The Norwegian Board of Health" were  all
>Africans were
>labelled as potensial carriers of the Virus or the Disease. HIV/AIDS is a
>very sensitive issue
>therefore we have to deal with the awakening of enquiryand in a very
>informative way to
>avoid stignatising. blaming and counter balming.  I am not condoning in any
>way that it is right
>to infect people whilst you are aware of you Status as a carrier.
>
>My reaction is the title "UNMASKED" and using the word a friend of mine
>gave me a "TIP". It
>could have read "A friend of mine informed me... Can you please confirm.
>What are you goin
>to do with full story? I have been leaving in Scandanavia for almost two
>decades what the
>media is going to write or the authoritie to informed is going to be on
>stigmatising. If aan
>immigrant do commit a crime and been a citizen the headlines always reads A
>Norwegian,
>Swedish, Danish or finish citizen originally from Gambia. The description
>will always tell you
>who that individual is. When ever a forenger maltreat a Citizen they always
>write he have
>been battered to tghe worst. But whaen a native battered a foreigner it is
>always
>ACCORDING TO HIM.
>
>There I am appealin once again to help this poor guy with comfort without
>justifying or
>condoning what he did knowing his status?
>
>
>Have a nice weekend
>saho
>
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