Nkosi Johnson

Nkosi Johnson was the longest living person born with HIV/AIDS. His keynote speech at the Thirteenth International AIDS Conference proved instrumental in changing attitudes towards the disease.

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• Care for us and accept us - we are all human beings. We are normal. We have hands. We have feet. We can walk, we can talk, we have needs just like everyone else - don't be afraid of us - we are all the same!
  • Closing lines of his address to the 13th International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, in July 2000.

• Do all you can with what you have in the time you have in the place you are.