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‘Live positively’: Togo’s ‘Tino’ sets example for HIV/AIDS

Augustin Dokla is arguably Togo's most famous person with HIV, having lived with the virus — against the odds –- since 1999. Among friends at Espoir-Vie, the West African nation's largest non-governmental association for people living with HIV, Dokla exudes optimism. Dokla tested positive for HIV in 1999 after a bout of serious pneumonia, which saw him spend three months in hospital.