Jahnabi Goswami is an HIV activist from Assam. She is the founder of Assam Network of Positive People (ANP+) that provides support to people living with HIV
The National AIDS Control Organisation has passed the buck to state governments, many of which are unable to procure Dolutegravir and other crucial drugs.
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Awareness around HIV/AIDS disease has made little progress in India. For the longest time, voices of individuals and organisations to raise awareness around the disease with no definite cure has been the need of the hour.
Jahnabi Goswami (44) is happy to be one such staunch voice.
The first woman from the northeast Indian states to make her HIV-positive status public, Jahnabi is also the founder of
Assam Network of Positive People (ANPP) and the
first woman president of Indian Network for People living with HIV/AIDS (INP+).
“Being vocal will reduce the stigma. The social taboo surrounding HIV/AIDS harms people’s life socially and economically,” she tells