Two years ago at Durban, HIV positive Judge Edwin Cameron's passionate denunciation of health inequality galvanized the world drug access movement.
Millions of people are already HIV positive and many of them have developed full-blown AIDS.
And it was just three days after I told the headmistress that I was HIV positive that I was sacked.
But many have lengthy waits to see a doctor and surgeries often employ staff unaware of the specific needs of an HIV positive patient.
Two years ago a contract in a job was not renewed when I told my employer and colleagues that I was HIV positive.