Alina Lisina
Alina Lisina is a journalist for a weekly Latvian newspaper. This article is part of a series from alumni of a Thomson Reuters Foundation HIV/AIDS reporting course held in Bangkok in November 2008. Any opinions are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.
LATVIA: AIDS means life not death
While HIV/AIDS is widely perceived as a death sentence, for Alexander Molokovsky it marked the start of a new, better life. Alexander, who was infected with HIV a decade ago and now runs the HIV.Iv organisation in Latvia, says it prompted him to start a new life after the diagnosis - a life full of meaning. ...