# @gettyimages on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/-wb1jZMRCm
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16457410-gettyimages-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/6e16a7f44e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2015-12-01T17:00:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty Images (@GettyImages) — https://gondola.cc/GettyImages

## Caption

Dominic Suaso, 16, has been HIV-positive since birth. His mother died from #AIDS when he was young and he now lives with his grandmother. He says that, more than anything, he wishes he could have met his mother. He is public with his HIV because he says there is nothing to be ashamed of and people should accept him for who he is. 
Dominic is from the Garifuna community, a group of Afro-Carribean descendants of West African slaves, that live on the Caribbean coast of Honduras. It's a community with its own language and a rich tradition of dance and music. It also has one of the highest #HIV rates of any community in the western hemisphere. Over the past 10 years, medicines have become more widely available and access to health care has improved, but there are still obstacles to HIV treatment and prevention, such as the stigma and discrimination felt by people living with HIV. #WorldAIDSDay #WAD2015 
This photo was taken by David Rochkind, a featured contributor to GettyReportage, who runs Rochkind Motion, a visual media production company specializing in telling the stories of NGOs and development organizations. He is based in Washington D.C.

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worldaidsday, hiv, wad2015, aids

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